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Intel will pay up to $250,000 to researchers who identify bugs more severe than 9.0 on the CVSS scale.

Intel Opens Bug Bounty Program to All Researchers, Offers up to $250,000 for Flaws Similar to Meltdown and Spectre read more

Intel has provided a new update on the Spectre patch situation. Skylake fix ready, others to follow “Earlier this week, we released production microcode updates for several Skylake-based platforms...

After leaving million of devices at risk of hacking and then rolling out broken patches, Intel has now released a new batch of security patches only for its Skylake processors to address one of...

Intel has started releasing new microcode updates that should address one of the Spectre vulnerabilities after the first round of patches caused significant problems for many users. read more

Previous microcode update was reported to cause unwanted system reboots.

Registry keys can also be used to selectively enable or disable the microcode fix.

Fix for Spectre May Result in Lost or Corrupted DataHow bad does a third-party fix have to be for Microsoft to issue a rare, weekend update that helps IT administrators disable it? A security...

Fix for Spectre May Result in Lost or Corrupted DataHow bad does a third-party fix have to be for Microsoft to issue a rare, weekend update that helps IT administrators disable it? A security...

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, and whitepapers: British teenager hacked top ranking US officials using social engineering How did British teenager Kane...