Security News

Despite patches, Samsung Galaxy S7 open to Meltdown exploit and millions are affected
2018-08-10 14:10

Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones are left open to hacking with microchip security flaw, according to research at the Black Hat conference.

Revealed: El Reg blew lid off Meltdown CPU bug before Intel told US govt – and how bitter tech rivals teamed up
2018-08-09 06:26

Panel spills beans on beans spilled Black Hat Next time you leave things to the last minute, remember this well.…

Siemens Informs Customers of New Meltdown, Spectre Variants
2018-07-17 19:10

Siemens recently updated its security bulletin for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities to inform customers of the latest variants, specifically the ones known as LazyFP and Spectre 1.1. read more

WebAssembly Changes Could Ruin Meltdown and Spectre Browser Patches
2018-06-27 18:26

The planned threading in shared memory update gives bad actors a way around the timer mitigations released by browser vendors.

Oracle Patches New Spectre, Meltdown Vulnerabilities
2018-06-25 04:35

Oracle announced on Friday that it has started releasing software and microcode updates for products affected by the recently disclosed variants of the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. read more

Boffins offer to make speculative execution great again with Spectre-Meltdown CPU fix
2018-06-16 01:09

Good thing too because Intel's planned chip changes may break Google's Retpoline A group of computer science researchers has proposed a way to overcome the security risk posed by speculative...

Meltdown-Like 'LazyFP' Vulnerability Impacts Intel CPUs
2018-06-14 14:48

Intel and software vendors have started informing users about a new vulnerability involving side channel speculative execution that could be exploited by malicious actors to obtain sensitive...

Spectre and Meltdown Flaws: Two More Variants Discovered
2018-05-22 12:48

More CPU Flaws Found in Intel, AMD, ARM and IBM Power ProcessorsResearchers have discovered two new Spectre/Meltdown variants: variant 3a, a rogue system register read, and variant 4, a...

Tech Firms Coordinate Disclosure of New Meltdown, Spectre Flaws
2018-05-22 05:34

Intel, AMD, ARM, IBM, Microsoft and other major tech companies on Monday released updates, mitigations and advisories for two new variants of the speculative execution attack methods known as...

Microsoft, Google: We've found a fourth variant of Meltdown-Spectre CPU holes
2018-05-21 21:00

Affects Intel and other processor makers Breaking Today, Microsoft and Google Project Zero will reveal a fourth variant of the speculative-execution-based security vulnerabilities in modern...