Kacy Zurkus Two new variants of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that can allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information have been disclosed, according to a 21 May US-CERT…
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Cybersecurity Spring Cleaning: 3 Must-Dos for 2018
Paul Martini Why ‘Spectre’ and ‘Meltdown,’ GDPR, and the Internet of Things are three areas security teams should declutter and prioritize in the coming months. With each successive data breach,…
Microsoft Releases More Spectre/Meltdown Patches
Phil Muncaster It’s shaping up to be a relatively light patch load for administrators this month, with just 15 critical vulnerabilities to fix out of a total of 75. The…
Intel tells users to stop installing chip patches
Software patches issued to fix serious security flaws on Intel chips should no longer be applied, the company has said. The patches tried to tackle flaws called Meltdown and Spectre…
Intel fix causes reboots and slowdowns
Intel says devices are rebooting more than usual after being patched with fixes it has issued to the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws in its chips. The company said it…
Meltdown and Spectre: How chip hacks work
By Chris Baraniuk & Mark Ward As technology companies race to fix two major vulnerabilities found in computer chips, the ways in which those chips could theoretically be targeted by…