Apple and Linux won’t protect you now, Intel Chips themselves contain serious flaws. According to Researcher to demonstrate attack code for Intel chips Kris Kaspersky knows how you can craft a TCP/IP packet or even JavaScript to reveal this flaw. (Presentation Title: Remote Code Execution Through Intel CPU Bugs)
It’s so simple really, Intel publishes these problems in their errata documentation.
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