New Windows patch disables Intel’s bad Spectre microcode fix

Enlarge / A closeup shot of an Intel Haswell die, with a pin for size reference. (credit: Intel) Microsoft has released a new Windows patch to disable Intel’s hardware-based mitigation for the Spectre attack due to bugs introduced by Intel’s mitigation. In the wake of the Spectre and Meltdown attacks that use the speculative execution […]

Coinbase is investigating insider trading after it enables — and then disables — bitcoin cash trading

Anthony Harvey/Getty Images for TechCrunch Coinbase said Tuesday evening users wouldn’t be able to buy and sell bitcoin cash four hours after it said trading of the cryptocurrency would be enabled on its platforms. CEO Brian Armstrong said the company is looking into whether employees tried to profit from advanced knowledge of the news. Bitcoin […]

Windows 10 users MUST check their antivirus after Microsoft DISABLES software

Microsoft bigwig Rob Lefferts said Windows 10 disabled “some parts” of a “small number of applications that still needed updating”. In a revealing blog post, he said these parts of antivirus software were disabled if it was seen as incompatible with the Windows 10 Creators Update.  Mr Lefferts revealed that five per cent of all […]