Security experts have found another flaw in Intel processors

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 The new vulnerability in Intel's chip architecture is similar to Spectre and Meltdown. — dpa

A new security flaw has been discovered in Intel's widely used processors, allowing attackers to gain sensitive data such as passwords.

The vulnerability in the chip architecture is similar to Spectre and Meltdown, discovered two years ago, IT researcher Bogdan Botezatu from the security software company Bitdefender says.

Yet this time, the measures used against Spectre and Meltdown are ineffective against this new security flaw.

Meanwhile, researchers at the University of Leuven, Belgium, have reported that in April last year they had already alerted Intel to a weakness in special security elements of their processors.

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