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Latest about meltdown
Despite AMD CPU patch, researchers highlight more exploits could be incoming
By Alan Dexter published
News AMD has mitigated Meltdown-like vulnerability, but its CPUs may still be open to further attacks.
Intel is fighting a battle between performance and security
By Jarred Walton published
Tech Talk Why it took more than 10 years for many of these flaws to come to light.
New Intel security flaw affects CPUs as far back as 2008
By Jarred Walton published
News Researchers say the new MDS attacks are 'worse than Spectre.'
How to check CPU and system speed after the vulnerability fixes
By Phil Iwaniuk published
InSpectre gadget See the effect Meltdown and Spectre have had on your PC.
Intel discloses ‘Lazy FPU’ vulnerability that is similar to Meltdown but less serious
By Paul Lilly published
News Another side-channel attack vector has reared its ugly head.
Asus patches older Intel motherboards to protect against Spectre and Meltdown
By Paul Lilly published
News New BIOS updates are available for several Intel 9-series motherboards.
Intel decides to leave some older processor families vulnerable to Spectre
By Paul Lilly published
News Intel has dropped Bloomfield and some other processor architectures from its Spectre/Meltdown microcode update roadmap.
Microsoft offers researchers some serious cash for rooting out Spectre-like bugs
By Paul Lilly published
News Some bugs are worth as much as $250,000.
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