Meltdown

SgxPectre attack allows to reveal the content of the SGX enclave

A group of researchers from the Ohio State University has discovered a new variation of the Spectre attack named SgxPectre that…

6 years ago

Microsoft released Windows Updates that include Intel’s Spectre microcode patches

Microsoft announced this week the release of the microcode updates to address the Spectre vulnerability. Last week Intel released microcode…

6 years ago

Meltdown patch for OpenBSD is available … let’s wait for feedbacks

OpenBSD releases Version 11 code update that addresses the Meltdown vulnerability by implementing the separation between the kernel and the user…

6 years ago

Intel releases Spectre patches for Skylake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake

Intel released a stable microcode update to address the Spectre vulnerability for its Skylake, Kaby Lake, and Coffee Lake processors…

6 years ago

Windows Analytics now includes Meltdown and Spectre detector

Good news for administrators of Windows systems, Microsoft has added a Meltdown-and-Spectre detector to its telemetry analysis tool Windows Analytics.…

6 years ago

VMware releases temporary mitigations for Meltdown and Spectre flaws

VMware has provided detailed instruction on how to mitigate the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in several of its products. VMware…

6 years ago

Intel reportedly alerted Chinese companies before US Government about Meltdown and Spectre flaws

According to the Wall Stree Journal, Intel reportedly alerted Chinese companies before US Gov about Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. There…

6 years ago

Over the weekend Microsoft rolled out out-of-band updates to disable mitigations for Spectre v2 attacks

Over the weekend, Microsoft rolled out out-of-band updates to disable mitigations for one of the Spectre attack variants because they can…

6 years ago

Linus Torvalds calls the Linux Spectre patches “UTTER GARBAGE”

The popular Linus Torvalds harshly criticizes the Spectre patches issued by Intel to patch the Spectre variant 2 flaw affecting its…

6 years ago

Oracle January 2018 Critical Patch Update also addresses Spectre and Meltdown

Oracle rolled out the January 2018 Critical Patch Update that includes 237 security fixes in its products, the majority of…

6 years ago

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