Security News

Intel Admits It Won't Be Possible to Fix Spectre (V2) Flaw in Some Processors
2018-04-04 23:39

As speculated by the researcher who disclosed Meltdown and Spectre flaws in Intel processors, some of the Intel processors will not receive patches for the Spectre (variant 2) side-channel...

Intel will not provide Spectre/Meltdown microcode updates for some processor families
2018-04-04 18:59

Intel has decided not to provide microcode updates to plug Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities in a number of older processors. According to the last update (April 2, 2018) of the “Microcode...

Intel drops plans to develop Spectre microcode for ancient chips
2018-04-04 17:35

Company claims it's too hard, and few systems have exposure to attack.

Intel Halts Spectre Fixes On Older Chips, Citing Limited Ecosystem Support
2018-04-04 15:18

Intel has halted patches for older chips addressing the Spectre vulnerability, according to a recent microcode update.

Intel Will Not Patch Spectre in Some CPUs
2018-04-04 11:08

Intel has informed customers that some of the processors affected by the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities will not receive microcode updates due to issues related to implementation and other...

We need to go deeper: Meltdown and Spectre flaws will force security further down the stack
2018-04-01 00:00

Turns out performance at all costs has been rather costly Around 2003, a computer security portent that had been cheerlessly simmering away for years suddenly came to the boil.…

Intel admits a load of its CPUs have Spectre v2 flaw that can't be fixed
2018-04-01 00:00

And won’t fix Meltdown nor Spectre for 10 product families covering 230-plus CPUs Intel has issued fresh "microcode revision guidance" that reveals it won’t address the Meltdown and Spectre design...

More Chrome OS Devices Receive Meltdown, Spectre Patches
2018-03-22 14:36

The latest stable channel update for Google’s Chrome OS operating system includes mitigations for devices with Intel processors affected by the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Meltdown and...

New Intel processors to have hardware-based protections against Meltdown, Spectre 2
2018-03-19 20:03

Intel has officially pushed out microcode updates with Spectre and Meltdown mitigations for all of the processors it launched in the past five years. In addition to this, the company’s CEO...

Microsoft Offers Payouts for New Spectre, Meltdown Flaws
2018-03-19 14:02

Bug Bounty Program Seeks to Avoid Further Speculative Execution UnpleasantnessTo help identify and mitigate the next generation of Spectre and Meltdown speculative execution flaws in CPUs,...