Security News > 2018 > January > Spectre updates will slow down Windows servers and PCs running older versions of the OS

While Intel continues to play down the slowing effect the patches for Meltdown and Spectre can have on machines using their CPUs, Microsoft has finally shared some – though still not definite – indicators of the possible outcomes. After pointing out that, along with a Windows update, a silicon microcode update will also be needed in order to mitigate Variant 2 of the Spectre attack (branch target injection), Terry Myerson, Executive Vice President of the … More →

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