Security News

New Intel CPU Flaw Exploits Hyper-Threading to Steal Encrypted Data
2018-11-04 09:33

A team of security researchers has discovered another serious side-channel vulnerability in Intel CPUs that could allow an attacker to sniff out sensitive protected data, like passwords and...

PortSmash attack punches hole in Intel's Hyper-Thread CPUs, leaves with crypto keys
2018-11-02 20:18

Side-channel timing technique exploits SMT – but you'll need to be running malware on the machine already Brainiacs in Cuba and Finland have found a new side-channel vulnerability in Intel x64...

Oracle CPU October 2018: 301 vulnerabilities patched
2018-10-17 12:53

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for October 2018, fixing 301 vulnerabilities across a wide range of its products, including Oracle Database Server, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle...

New Ninth-Gen Intel CPUs Shield Against Some Spectre, Meltdown Variants
2018-10-09 19:37

New Intel Coffee Lake CPUs offer hardware-based protections against some -but not all- Spectre and Meltdown variants.

Windows 10: Microsoft and Intel patch latest Spectre CPU vulnerabilities
2018-08-22 11:27

New Windows 10 updates contain Intel's latest microcode fixes for the recently discovered Spectre variant 3a and 4 vulnerabilities.

Use Debian? Want Intel's latest CPU patch? Small print sparks big problem
2018-08-21 19:34

Linux distro hits the brakes on rolling out microcode for security bugs in license row At least one Linux distribution is withholding security patches that mitigate the latest round of Intel CPU...

‘Foreshadow’ flaw found in Intel CPUs – what to do
2018-08-17 12:52

For Intel and more than a billion computers with Intel CPUs, the microprocessor flaws just keep coming.

Foreshadow Attacks — 3 New Intel CPU Side-Channel Flaws Discovered
2018-08-15 08:03

2018 has been quite a tough year for Intel. While the chip-maker giant is still dealing with Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities, yet another major speculative execution flaw has been...

Foreshadow: New Speculative Execution Flaws Found in Intel CPUs
2018-08-14 20:44

Researchers and several major tech companies on Tuesday disclosed the details of three new speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities affecting Intel processors. read more

Intel CPUs Undermined By Fresh Speculative Execution Flaws
2018-08-14 19:24

'Foreshadow" and other vulnerabilities in Intel processors can be exploited to steal sensitive information stored inside personal computers or personal clouds.