Security News

Meltdown and Spectre: To patch or to concentrate on attack detection?
2018-01-12 23:43

Patching to protect machines against Meltdown and Spectre attacks is going slow, and the provided patches, in some instances, lead to more problems than just slowdowns. In fact, Intel has admitted...

Meltdown Patch Broke Some Ubuntu Systems
2018-01-11 16:03

Canonical was forced to release a second round of Ubuntu updates that address the recently disclosed CPU vulnerabilities after some users complained that their systems no longer booted after...

Patch Now or Risk GDPR Fines Later, Regulator Warns
2018-01-11 12:48

Failures Discovered After Privacy Law Takes Effect Face Retroactive PunishmentFollowing the alert over Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office is warning...

SAP Publishes Light Patch Day for January 2018
2018-01-10 15:53

SAP this week released its monthly set of security patches to address just three vulnerabilities in its products, all three rated Medium severity. read more

Meltdown and Spectre Forecast: Patch Now and Keep Patching
2018-01-10 14:22

Activate Available Browser Defenses Without Delay, Security Experts WarnPatch or perish to protect against Meltdown and Spectre attacks, and prepare to keep patching as Intel, AMD and ARM, as well...

Microsoft January Patch Tuesday Update Fixes 16 Critical Bugs
2018-01-09 21:25

Thanks to Meltdown and Spectre, January has already been an extremely busy month of patching for Microsoft.

Adobe Patch Tuesday Updates Fix Only One Flash Player Flaw
2018-01-09 16:45

Adobe’s Patch Tuesday updates for January 2018 resolve only an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Flash Player. read more

Bad docs and blue screens make Microsoft suspend Spectre patch for AMD machines
2018-01-09 15:31

Blue screen crashes on decade-old AMD chips seem to be widespread.

Experts Weigh In On Spectre Patch Challenges
2018-01-08 04:21

Mitigating Spectre and Meltdown flaws won't be easy, but experts say exploits targeting Spectre will be hard to patch against.

What can we expect from January’s Patch Tuesday?
2018-01-05 13:29

You know how sometimes you look at the weekend forecast on Thursday morning and you see that it will be sunny until early next week and then you look out the window to see it is pitch black and...