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Running on Intel? If you want security, disable hyper-threading, says Linux kernel maintainer
2019-10-29 15:17

Speculative execution bugs will be with us for a very long time Linux kernel dev Greg Kroah-Hartman reckons Intel Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) - also known as hyper-threading - should be...

MDS vulnerabilities lead Chrome OS 74 to disable hyper-threading
2019-05-16 14:52

Hyper-Threading, Intel's implementation of symmetric multithreading (SMT) can be exploited using the newly-disclosed MDS vulnerabilities, like Fallout and ZombieLoad.

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...

OpenBSD Disables Intel Hyper-Threading to Prevent Spectre-Class Attacks
2018-06-20 10:03

Security-oriented BSD operating system OpenBSD has decided to disable support for Intel's hyper-threading performance-boosting feature, citing security concerns over Spectre-style timing attacks....

OpenBSD disables Intel’s hyper-threading
2018-06-20 07:32

Cites security risk of different security domains on one core OpenBSD has disabled Intel’s hyper-threading technology, citing security concerns.…