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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,...

Deja-wooo-oooh! Intel chips running Windows potentially vulnerable to scary Spectre variant
2019-08-06 23:01

SWAPGS can be abused to siphon sensitive secrets from kernel memory, patches already available Spectre – a family of data-leaking side-channel vulnerabilities arising from speculative execution...

Deja-woooo: Intel, AMD chips running Windows potentially vulnerable to scary Spectre variant
2019-08-06 23:01

SWAPGS attack can leak sensitive secrets from kernel memory, patches already available Spectre – a family of data-leaking side-channel vulnerabilities arising from speculative execution that was...

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...