Spectre

AMD and Microsoft release microcode and operating system updates against Spectre flaw

AMD released patches for Spectre Variant 2 attack that includes both microcode and operating system updates. AMD and Microsoft worked…

6 years ago

BranchScope is a new side-channel attack method against Intel chip

  BranchScope is a new side-channel attack technique that like Meltdown and Spectre attacks can be exploited by an attacker to…

6 years ago

Google is distributing more Meltdown and Spectre Patches for Chrome OS devices

Google announced that mitigations for devices with Intel processors that are affected by the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities will be available…

6 years ago

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

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

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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