Security News

New ZombieLoad v2 Attack Affects Intel's Latest Cascade Lake CPUs
2019-11-13 15:48

Zombieload is back. This time a new variant (v2) of the data-leaking side-channel vulnerability also affects the most recent Intel CPUs, including the latest Cascade Lake, which are otherwise...

Newer Intel CPUs Vulnerable to Variant 2 of ZombieLoad Attack
2019-11-13 12:49

Researchers have disclosed a new variant of the attack method dubbed ZombieLoad, which appears to also impact Intel CPUs that are not affected by the first variant of ZombieLoad. read more

Intel CPUs Vulnerable to Sensitive Data Leakage in NetCAT Attack
2019-09-11 14:24

A new attack on Intel server-grade CPUs could allow the leakage of SSH passwords - but luckily it's not easy to exploit.

NetCAT: New Attack Lets Hackers Remotely Steal Data From Intel CPUs
2019-09-11 13:18

Unlike previous side-channel vulnerabilities disclosed in Intel CPUs, researchers have discovered a new flaw that can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring an attacker to have...

NetCAT Attack: Hackers Can Remotely Steal Data From Servers With Intel CPUs
2019-09-11 09:51

Researchers have discovered yet another side-channel attack method that can be exploited to steal potentially sensitive data from devices powered by Intel processors. read more

Millions of Devices With Intel CPUs Exposed to SWAPGS Attack
2019-08-07 10:02

Researchers have discovered yet another speculative execution vulnerability that can allow attackers to steal potentially sensitive information from devices with Intel processors. read more

SWAPGS Attack: A new Spectre haunts machines with Intel CPUs
2019-08-06 23:10

Bitdefender researchers have uncovered yet another viable speculative execution side-channel attack that can be leveraged against Intel CPUs and the computers running on them. The SWAPGS Attack,...

SWAPGS Attack — New Speculative Execution Flaw Affects All Modern Intel CPUs
2019-08-06 20:03

A new variant of the Spectre (Variant 1) side-channel vulnerability has been discovered that affects modern Intel CPUs which leverage speculative-execution, and some AMD processors as well,...

Oracle's July 2019 CPU Includes 319 Fixes
2019-07-17 11:47

Oracle this week published its July 2019 Critical Patch Update (CPU), which brings a total of 319 security fixes across numerous product families. While fewer than 200 of these vulnerabilities can...

RISC-V Soft CPU Contest challenges designers to develop a hardware secure RISC-V soft CPU solution
2019-07-17 01:30

The RISC-V Foundation, a non-profit corporation controlled by its members to drive the adoption and implementation of the free and open RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA), announced the...