Security News

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

Intel releases Spectre 2 microcode updates for Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, Skylake
2018-02-22 15:20

Intel has released to OEMs a new set of Spectre firmware updates. They include microcode for Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, and Skylake processors. “This represents our 6th, 7th, and 8th Generation Intel...

Intel Issues Updated Spectre Firmware Fixes For Newer Processors
2018-02-21 21:21

Intel has issued a firmware fix to help its Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake and Skylake processors address the Spectre security flaw.

Intel Releases Spectre Patches for More CPUs
2018-02-21 14:34

Intel has released firmware updates that fix the Spectre vulnerability for many of its processors and patches for dozens more are nearly ready for use in production environments. read more

New Spectre/Meltdown Variants
2018-02-21 12:13

Researchers have discovered new variants of Spectre and Meltdown. The software mitigations for Spectre and Meltdown seem to block these variants, although the eventual CPU fixes will have to be...

Intel Faces 32 Spectre/Meltdown Lawsuits
2018-02-19 14:33

Plaintiffs Seek Damages Over Security Vulnerabilities, Alleged Insider TradingIntel faces 32 lawsuits filed over the trio of flaws in its CPUs known as Meltdown and Spectre, seeking damages for...

32 class-action suits filed against Intel over Spectre and Meltdown flaws
2018-02-16 20:42

Company also accused of failing to act in response to insider trading.

Intel offers to pay for Spectre-like side channel vulnerabilities
2018-02-16 13:00

Intel is expanding the bug bounty program it started last March, and is raising considerably the awards it plans to give out for helpful vulnerability information. Where information about critical...

Intel Expands Bug Bounty Program Post-Spectre and Meltdown
2018-02-15 22:09

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