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Meltdown and Spectre fallout: patching problems persist

January 11, 2018 admin Exploits, Google Project Zero, Intel, meltdown, processor, Security world, spectre, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Jérôme Boursier| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:00:00 +0000

In the days since Meltdown and Spectre have been made public, we’ve tracked which elements of the design flaw, known as speculative execution, are vulnerable and how different vendors are handling the patching process.

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Tags: Google Project Zero Intel Meltdown processor Spectre vulnerabilities

QuickHeal Security

Meltdown and Spectre: Quick Heal compatibility update

January 9, 2018 admin CPU vulnerabilities, malware, meltdown, microsoft windows, Security, Security patch, spectre

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 12:15:27 +0000

This is an important advisory for our readers about the recently discovered CPU exploits called Meltdown and Spectre. Product Compatibility: Microsoft had requested security ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) to perform testing with the January 3 update in order to ensure their products are compatible with the Microsoft update. Based on the…

Independent Krebs

Scary Chip Flaws Raise Spectre of Meltdown

January 5, 2018 admin apple, bsod, Cyberus Technology, google, Graz University of Technology, Intel, meltdown, microsoft, spectre, The Coming Storm, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:38:15 +0000

Apple, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants have released updates for a pair of serious security flaws present in most modern computers, smartphones, tablets and mobile devices. Here’s a brief rundown on the threat and what you can do to protect your devices.

Kaspersky Security

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 18

January 5, 2018 admin Alexa, Amazon, Android, Intel, meltdown, news, podcast, privacy, spectre, Threats, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:23:48 +0000

In this week’s edition of Kaspersky Lab’s podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss Alexa ads and helping police, Intel’s “meltdown,” and more.

MalwareBytes Security

Meltdown and Spectre: what you need to know

January 4, 2018 admin AMD, ARM, Intel, meltdown, memory, processor, Security world, spectre

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:53:24 +0000

2018 gets off to a rough start as manufacturers and software vendors tackle a series of severe bugs called Meltdown and Spectre that affect all modern computers.

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