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Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) The Meltdown and Spectre attacks that use processor speculative execution to leak sensitive information have resulted in a wide range of software changes to try to limit the scope for harm. Many of these are operating system-level fixes, some of which depend on processor microcode updates. But Spectre […]
More than a month after researchers revealed a pair of serious security issues affecting many modern CPUs, Intel is still working on updates that close the hole. VP Navin Shenoy has written another blog post about the situation, and said that the company has released microcode updates for Skylake-based chips to its industry partners. If […]
Enlarge / Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K. (credit: Orestis Bastounis) After recommending customers not use its microcode fix for Broadwell and Haswell chips, Intel has issued a new microcode update for Skylake processors that gives operating systems the ability to protect against the Spectre flaw revealed earlier this year. The Spectre attacks work by persuading a […]
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 […]
Getty Images/Drew Angerer Microsoft is releasing a series of software updates to all Windows 10 machines that previously received patches from Intel that were supposed to fix the security flaws brought by Spectre and Meltdown, The Verge first reported. If it doesn’t sound clear, it’s because it is indeed a mess. Here’s what happened: When […]
A 3D XPoint wafer. (credit: Intel) As part of Intel’s fourth quarter financials release, CEO Brian Krzanich promised that chips shipping this year would include true hardware fixes for the Spectre and Meltdown attacks. The promise to ship chips immune to the attack leaves many questions unanswered. It’s not clear if the fixes will be […]
In the haste to address the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that shook the computer industry, several clumsy patch attempts have had to be pulled. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a6655aa3e45fc27d5738346/master/pass/Spectre-Update.jpg
Intel has revealed that even its newer CPUs are affected by the frequent reboot problems brought about by the Spectre/Meltdown patches. The chipmaker previously said that the reboot issue affects systems running Broadwell and Haswell. Now that it has managed to reproduce the problem internally in an effort to fix it, the company found that […]
Enlarge (credit: Simon Smith) Applications, operating systems, and firmware all need to be updated to defeat Meltdown and protect against Spectre, two attacks that exploit features of high-performance processors to leak information and undermine system security. The computing industry has been scrambling to respond after news of the problem broke early a few days into […]
Meltdown, Spectre, malicious Android apps, and more of the week’s top security news. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a596ba00b567d0349d0c532/master/pass/GoogleAppMalware%20FeatureArt.jpg
