Security News

New 'Lazy FP State Restore' Vulnerability Found in All Modern Intel CPUs
2018-06-14 08:03

Hell Yeah! Another security vulnerability has been discovered in Intel chips that affects the processor's speculative execution technology—like Specter and Meltdown—and could potentially be...

How an URL shortener allows malicious actors to hijack visitors’ CPU power
2018-05-23 19:25

URL shorteners are often used by malware peddlers and attackers to trick users into following a link they otherwise wouldn’t. But Coinhive’s URL shortener carries an added danger: your CPU power...

Researchers Say More Spectre-Related CPU Flaws On Horizon
2018-05-22 21:20

Yet another speculative execution side channel flaw has been disclosed in processors - and security experts warn that more may be out there.

New Spectre-like flaw found in CPUs using speculative execution
2018-05-22 20:13

A new flaw that can allow an attacker to obtain access to sensitive information on affected systems has been discovered in modern CPUs. CVE-2018-3639, discovered by independently by Google Project...

Another Spectre-Like CPU Vulnerability
2018-05-22 14:38

Google and Microsoft researchers have disclosed another Spectre-like CPU side-channel vulnerability, called "Speculative Store Bypass." Like the others, the fix will slow the CPU down. The German...

Intel Responds to Spectre-Like Flaw In CPUs
2018-05-22 14:03

Intel on Monday acknowledged that its processors are vulnerable to another Spectre-like speculative execution side channel flaw that could allow attackers to access information.

New Spectre (Variant 4) CPU Flaw Discovered—Intel, ARM, AMD Affected
2018-05-22 08:33

Security researchers from Microsoft and Google have discovered a fourth variant of the data-leaking Meltdown-Spectre security flaws impacting modern CPUs in millions of computers, including those...

Microsoft, Google: We've found a fourth variant of Meltdown-Spectre CPU holes
2018-05-21 21:00

Affects Intel and other processor makers Breaking Today, Microsoft and Google Project Zero will reveal a fourth variant of the speculative-execution-based security vulnerabilities in modern...

Second wave of Spectre-like CPU security flaws won't be fixed for a while
2018-05-09 03:58

Intel needs more time and it could be Q3 before all the patches for OSes and VMs land The new bunch of Spectre-like flaws revealed last week won't be patched for at least 12 days.…

8 New Spectre-Class Vulnerabilities (Spectre-NG) Found in Intel CPUs
2018-05-05 08:33

A team of security researchers has reportedly discovered a total of eight new "Spectre-class" vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs, which also affect at least a small number of ARM processors and may...