Why it is no longer secure enough to use VPNs for services that keep API-keys or crypto-currency keys

in security •  6 years ago 

Speculative Execution in Processors has inadvertently made it possible for other threads to determine data and read what is in the other threads. This problem affects all modern processors.

Services that make use of API-keys or private cryptocurrency keys must thus be run on dedicated servers.

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