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![Nintendo Switch users about to get pwned after unpatchable flaw found in NVIDIA Tegra chips](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
Researcher reveals demo attack code, full release in June Security researcher Kate Temkin has released proof-of-concept code to launch an exploit chain called Fusée Gelée, which relies on an...
![Brains behind seL4 secure microkernel begin RISC-V chip port](/static/build/img/news/alt/Phishing-small.jpg)
Unveil first code, joins giants in industry standard-club Last week, the first RISC-V port of its seL4 microkernel was released by the Data61 division of the Australian government's Commonwealth...
![Facebook Plans to Build Its Own Chips For Hardware Devices](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyber-threat-stats-small.jpg)
A new job opening post on Facebook suggests that the social network is forming a team to build its own hardware chips, joining other tech titans like Google, Apple, and Amazon in becoming more...
![Could an Intel chip flaw put your whole computer at risk?](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
All it would take is a low-level programming bug in your computer's CPU.
![Intel's security light bulb moment: Chips to recruit GPUs to scan memory for software nasties](/static/build/img/news/alt/breach-statistics-small.jpg)
Coprocessors drafted for threat detection duties Having weathered revelations in January that its chips can be attacked through a novel class of side-channel vulnerabilities – mostly addressed...
![Microsoft has designed an Arm Linux IoT cloud chip. Repeat, an Arm Linux IoT cloud chip](/static/build/img/news/alt/cloud-cybersecurity-statistics-small.jpg)
And it talks to Azure. Cortana probably spotted lurking nearby Microsoft has designed a family of Arm-based system-on-chips for Internet-of-Things devices that runs its own flavor of Linux, and...
![Crooks are swapping out chips on payment cards, says US Secret Service](/static/build/img/news/alt/Geopolitical-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
The crooks don't steal your whole card, which you'd probably notice, but just the chip from it...
![Intel won’t fix Spectre flaws in older chips](/static/build/img/news/alt/breach-statistics-small.jpg)
If your PC runs one of Intel’s older microprocessors, bad news
![Secret Service Warns of Chip Card Scheme](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
The U.S. Secret Service is warning financial institutions about a new scam involving the temporary theft of chip-based debit cards issued to large corporations. In this scheme, the fraudsters...
![Intel drops plans to develop Spectre microcode for ancient chips](/static/build/img/news/alt/DDoS-small.jpg)
Company claims it's too hard, and few systems have exposure to attack.