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The tag variant on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about CPU hardware vulnerability variants, specifically side-channel attacks like Meltdown and Spectre. Topics include variant 3a and 4, which affect CPU hardware implementations and can allow attackers to access sensitive information on desktops, laptops, and cloud computers. The tag also appears in threads about data type overwriting in Visual Basic scripts and a new Google search engine variant. These threads highlight security issues, software bugs, and product updates related to the term variant.
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    TA18-141A: Side-Channel Vulnerability Variants 3a and 4

    Original release date: May 21, 2018 Systems Affected CPU hardware implementations Overview On May 21, 2018, new variants—known as 3A and 4—of the side-channel central processing unit (CPU) hardware vulnerability were Link Removed. These variants can allow an attacker to obtain access to...
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    • attack cpu cve-2017-5715 cve-2017-5753 cve-2017-5754 cve-2018-3639 cve-2018-3640 exfiltration hardware impact meltdown mitigation patch security side-channel software spectre variant variant 3a vulnerability
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    Google Launches Innovative Search Engine Variant: Explore the Features and Changes

    Google has released a new variant of its online search engine called Link Removed due to 404 Error.