Critical hardware bugs occur an order of magnitude less frequently than critical hypervisor/kernel bugs, which is why they always make the news. In general, they're also more difficult to exploit. We haven't seen any serious spectre or meltdown malware in the wild almost a decade later.
Critical hardware bugs occur an order of magnitude less frequently than critical hypervisor/kernel bugs, which is why they always make the news. In general, they're also more difficult to exploit. We haven't seen any serious spectre or meltdown malware in the wild almost a decade later.