Security News

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,...

Intel’s smartphone modem business to be acquired by Apple
2019-07-29 00:00

Intel and Apple have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual...

Intel Patches Serious Vulnerability in Processor Diagnostic Tool
2019-07-10 16:03

Intel’s Patch Tuesday updates for July 2019 fix a serious vulnerability in the company’s Processor Diagnostic Tool and a less serious issue in its Solid State Drives (SSD) for Data Centers (DC)...

Intel Patches High-Severity Flaw in Processor Diagnostic Tool
2019-07-09 23:09

Intel issued patches for a high-severity flaw in its processor diagnostic tool as well as a fix for a medium-severity vulnerability in its data center SSD lineup.

Several Siemens Devices Affected by Intel MDS Vulnerabilities
2019-07-09 13:24

Siemens informed customers on Tuesday that several of its products are affected by the Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities impacting a majority of the Intel processors made in...

ThreatConnect’s new version of CAL provides intel about an organization’s threats and indicators
2019-07-04 01:00

ThreatConnect, provider of the industry’s only intelligence-driven security operations platform, announces its latest version of CAL (Collective Analytics Layer), its cloud-based analytics engine...

Chrome OS 75 Adds More Mitigations for Intel MDS Flaws
2019-06-27 11:35

Chrome OS version 75, which Google released on Wednesday in the stable channel, adds more mitigations for recently disclosed Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities affecting most...

Intel NUC Firmware Open to Privilege Escalation, DoS and Information Disclosure
2019-06-12 13:25

Intel has patched seven high-severity vulnerabilities in its mini PC NUC kit firmware.

Barefoot Networks to help Intel meet the needs of hyperscale cloud customers
2019-06-11 23:00

Intel’s customers operate in a world that is growing and transforming by leaps and bounds. We’ve discussed previously the amazing fact that over half of the world’s data was generated in the past...

It is with a heavy heart that we must report that your software has bugs and needs patching: Microsoft, Adobe, SAP, Intel emit security fixes
2019-06-11 21:39

And Google drops a zero-day on Windows after deadline miss Patch Tuesday Microsoft, Adobe, Intel, and SAP have all emitted their latest Patch Tuesday batch of security fixes. Users and admins are...