Security News

Intel Shares Details on New CPUs With Spectre, Meltdown Protections
2018-03-15 20:17

Intel announced on Thursday that patches designed to address the Spectre vulnerability are now available for all the affected CPUs released in the past five years, and shared more details on the...

Intel outlines plans for Meltdown and Spectre fixes, microcode for older chips
2018-03-15 18:00

Microcodes for Sandy Bridge and newer are now available.

Meltdown and Spectre will delay patching for most organizations
2018-03-15 13:00

Complexity and challenges associated with the Spectre and Meltdown patches will result in companies delaying future patch rollouts, according to Barkly. 72% of organizations planned to slow future...

Microsoft Releases More Patches for Meltdown, Spectre
2018-03-14 14:25

Microsoft informed users on Tuesday that it released additional patches for the CPU vulnerabilities known as Meltdown and Spectre, and removed antivirus compatibility checks in Windows 10....

Microsoft releases Spectre fixes for Windows 10 on Skylake CPUs
2018-03-02 16:49

Microsoft has pushed out a new set of Spectre (variant 2) security updates. For the moment, these are just for some devices running on Skylake CPUs and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update or Windows...

Windows Updates Deliver Intel's Spectre Microcode Patches
2018-03-02 07:07

Microsoft announced on Thursday that Windows users will receive the microcode updates released by Intel to patch the notorious Spectre vulnerability. read more

Intel’s latest set of Spectre microcode fixes is coming to a Windows update
2018-03-01 18:14

Windows users will no longer be beholden to their motherboard makers.

Intel Releases Updated Spectre Fixes For Broadwell and Haswell Chips
2018-02-28 14:59

Intel has issued stable microcode to help protect its Broadwell and Haswell chips from the Spectre Variant 2 security exploits.

Intel Releases Spectre Patches for Broadwell, Haswell CPUs
2018-02-28 09:13

Intel has released new firmware updates for its Broadwell and Haswell processors to address the Spectre vulnerability. After the first round of Spectre patches released by the company caused more...

Tech Giants Hit by Meltdown, Spectre Respond to Lawmakers
2018-02-23 14:22

Intel, AMD, ARM, Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have responded to lawmakers who raised questions last month about the disclosure of the CPU vulnerabilities known as Meltdown and Spectre. read more