Security News

You think election meddling is bad now? Buckle up for 2020, US intel chief tells Congress
2019-01-30 01:44

Expect trolls, cyber attacks, and even deep fakes in next election Attacks intended to sway the outcome of the 2020 US Presidential election are probably already underway, according to the...

Intel patches another security flaw in SGX technology
2019-01-16 12:19

Of the six advisories Intel released last week, the most interesting is a flaw discovered in the company’s Software Guard Extensions (SGX).

Intel's Software Guard caught asleep at its post: Patch out now for SGX give-me-admin hole
2019-01-14 21:41

Chipzilla adds to IT admins security update load While admins were busy wrangling with the mass of security patches from Microsoft, Adobe, and SAP last week, Intel slipped out a fix for a...

Intel Patches High-Severity Privilege-Escalation Bugs
2019-01-09 16:16

Overall, the chip giant patched five vulnerabilities across an array of its products.

Nutanix and Intel partner to enable systems integrators and resellers to deliver infrastructure solutions
2018-12-04 03:00

Nutanix is partnering with Intel to enable systems integrators (SIs) and value-added resellers (VARs) to deliver Nutanix-qualified Intel Data Center Block hardware platforms under the Nutanix...

Linux kernel Spectre V2 defense fingered for massively slowing down unlucky apps on Intel Hyper-Thread CPUs
2018-11-20 01:34

This is on by default? 'Yikes' says Chipzilla techie Linux supremo Linus Torvalds has voiced support for a kernel patch that limits a previously deployed defense against Spectre Variant 2, a...

Another Meltdown, Spectre scare: Data-blabbing holes continue to haunt Intel, AMD, Arm
2018-11-14 21:38

CPU slingers insist existing defenses will stop attacks – but eggheads disagree Computer security researchers have uncovered yet another set of transient execution attacks on modern CPUs that...

7 New Meltdown and Spectre-type CPU Flaws Affect Intel, AMD, ARM CPUs
2018-11-14 15:33

Disclosed earlier this year, potentially dangerous Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that affected a large family of modern processors proven that speculative execution attacks can be exploited...

Intel Asks for Comments on Draft Federal Privacy Law
2018-11-12 18:23

Intel Proposes "Innovative and Ethical Data Use Act of 2018" to Improve Protection of Personal Privacy Through Nationwide Standards read more

New Side-Channel Vulnerability Leaks Sensitive Data From Intel Chips
2018-11-05 18:20

A newly revealed side-channel attack can leak encrypted data from Intel microprocessors that use a Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) architecture. read more