Virtually every modern computer processor was thrown under the bus earlier this year when researchers found a fundamental design weakness in Intel, AMD and ARM chips, making it possible to steal sensitive data from the computer’s memory. The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities — which date back to 1995 — punched holes in the walls that […]
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HP really wants leather laptops to be a thing
HP’s latest convertible laptop is weirder than most.
The Spectre Folio has an unusual chassis, made of leather and magnesium alloy instead of typical aluminum, reminiscent of the fabric surrounding the keyboard on the Microsoft Surface laptop. Starti…
Google Chrome’s new protection against Meltdown and Spectre bugs will slow your computer down
Good news! Google has added new safeguards to its Chrome web browser to protect you from the critical Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities discovered in January.
The bad news: Chrome is now an even bigger memory (RAM) hog than before. So if your …
Intel discloses a new Spectre exploit variant, but leaves mitigation off by default
The specter of Spectre still looms above Intel, which just today disclosed a new variant of that most dire of chip flaws. It’s issuing a mitigation patch in tandem with the announcement that may come with a serious performance hit — which is why it will be off by default.
View More Intel discloses a new Spectre exploit variant, but leaves mitigation off by defaultWhat do Meltdown, Spectre and RyzenFall mean for the future of cybersecurity?
The security community is still reeling from the discoveries of the Meltdown and Spectre computer vulnerabilities, and now it seems that a rash of new hardware vulnerabilities called MasterKey, RyzenFall, Fallout and Chimera have been found in the past few months too.
View More What do Meltdown, Spectre and RyzenFall mean for the future of cybersecurity?Last march of the Penryns: Intel cuts Spectre fixes for some older chips
As part of its ongoing efforts to patch its systems against the Meltdown and Spectre chip flaws, Intel indicated last month that it would be issuing fixes as far back as 2005’s Yorkfield processors. But in a new guidance document the company announces that many of these older platforms will not receive fixes after all.
View More Last march of the Penryns: Intel cuts Spectre fixes for some older chipsIntel announces hardware fixes for Spectre and Meltdown on upcoming chips
When the Spectre and Meltdown bugs hit, it became clear that they wouldn’t be fixed with a few quick patches — the problem runs deeper than that. Fortunately, Intel has had plenty of time to work on it, and new chips coming out later this year will include improvements at the hardware/architecture level that protect against the flaws. Well, two out of three, anyway.
View More Intel announces hardware fixes for Spectre and Meltdown on upcoming chipsIntel ships update for newest Spectre-affected chips
Intel has announced that the fix is out for its latest chips affected by Spectre, the memory-leakage flaw affecting practically all computing hardware. The patch is for the Skylake generation (late 2015) and newer, though most users will still ha…
View More Intel ships update for newest Spectre-affected chipsIntel reportedly notified Chinese companies of chip security flaw before the U.S. government
Intel is not having that great of year thus far in the face of a slew of information about security flaws in it hardware coming out — and you can add another new report from The Wall Street Journal today, which suggests that Intel didn’t immediately notify the U.S. government of the issues, to that list. The Journal is reporting that Intel notified some of its customers of the… Read More
Apple issues Meltdown fix for Macs running Sierra and El Capitan
A wise person once said, “don’t upgrade to the latest OS X until it’s been patched a few times. And even then, sometimes it isn’t really worth it.” These words have inspired many to stay on older versions of the OS, though lately that meant remaining vulnerable to Meltdown while those on the latest version were protected. Fortunately Apple has brought old OSes… Read More
Intel’s Spectre patch is so busted, the company is telling customers not to use it
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Remember Spectre and Meltdown?
The two recently disclosed vulnerabilities affecting all kinds of computer processors represented a huge threat to consumers and businesses around the globe. Thankfully, Intel offered up a partial fix — so all good, right?
Well, not exactly. You see, it turns out the patch that was issued by Intel has a few problems of its own. Now, things are so busted that the company is telling some of its customers to avoid the official patch altogether.
This unfortunate development came to light Monday, when Intel issued an official statement telling a groups of its customers to just slow their roll when it comes to updating their critically vulnerable systems. Read more…
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View More Intel’s Spectre patch is so busted, the company is telling customers not to use itLinus Torvalds declares Intel fix for Meltdown/Spectre ‘complete and utter garbage’
The always outspoken Linus Torvalds, best known for his continuing work on the innermost code of Linux systems, has harsh words to say and accusations to level against Intel. His evaluation of Intel’s latest proposed fix for the Meltdown/Spectre issue: “the patches are COMPLETE AND UTTER GARBAGE.” Read More