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Apple defeats class action over Meltdown, Spectre vulns

Apple defeats class action over Meltdown, Spectre vulns

Judge dismisses class action lawsuit.
Jonathan Stempel Jun 9 2022 11:55AM Security
Researchers poke holes in Spectre data leak bug fixes

Researchers poke holes in Spectre data leak bug fixes

Branch history injection new flavour of Spectre v2.
Juha Saarinen Mar 10 2022 10:03AM Security
New micro-op cache attacks break all Spectre defences

New micro-op cache attacks break all Spectre defences

Billions of computers vulnerable.
Juha Saarinen May 2 2021 6:03AM Hardware
New 'CacheOut' attack leaks data from CPUs, VMs and hardware enclaves

New 'CacheOut' attack leaks data from CPUs, VMs and hardware enclaves

Intel drops processor microcode fixes again.
Juha Saarinen Jan 28 2020 10:00AM Hardware
Aussie security researcher helps uncover latest Intel flaws

Aussie security researcher helps uncover latest Intel flaws

Follows work on Spectre, Meltdown.
Matt Johnston May 16 2019 7:25AM Security
eBay Classifieds Group reboots 80K cores to patch Meltdown-Spectre

eBay Classifieds Group reboots 80K cores to patch Meltdown-Spectre

Gumtree Australia's owner describes mitigation on its private cloud.
Ry Crozier Dec 12 2018 7:03AM Cloud
Intel releases first Meltdown-and-Spectre-proof CPUs

Intel releases first Meltdown-and-Spectre-proof CPUs

Not all variants nobbled.
Simon Sharwood Oct 9 2018 12:12PM Security
Chrome's Spectre mitigation is a memory hog

Chrome's Spectre mitigation is a memory hog

Uses 10-13 percent more memory.
a Staff Writer Jul 16 2018 11:39AM Security
Intel pays $100k 'bounty' on new Spectre variant

Intel pays $100k 'bounty' on new Spectre variant

Research paper released.
Ry Crozier Jul 11 2018 8:53AM Security
Intel Hyperthreading causes Spectre worries

Intel Hyperthreading causes Spectre worries

OpenBSD disables it via update.
Juha Saarinen Jun 20 2018 11:17AM Security
Google debates re-engineering Chrome in wake of Spectre

Google debates re-engineering Chrome in wake of Spectre

Focuses on Site Isolation to mitigate against attacks.
Juha Saarinen May 31 2018 5:01PM Security
Intel trials microcode for browser-exploitable Spectre bug

Intel trials microcode for browser-exploitable Spectre bug

Spectre Variant 4 can be triggered with Javascript.
Juha Saarinen May 22 2018 11:20AM Security
Eight more Spectre-style flaws found in Intel processors

Eight more Spectre-style flaws found in Intel processors

Four rated as high severity.
Juha Saarinen May 4 2018 10:55AM Hardware
How a bad microcode fix could brick billions of chips

How a bad microcode fix could brick billions of chips

Researchers worry about mitigating hardware flaws.
Ry Crozier Apr 18 2018 2:39PM Security
AMD, Microsoft patch 'variant two' Spectre chip flaw

AMD, Microsoft patch 'variant two' Spectre chip flaw

Covers processors dating back to 2011.
Staff Writer Apr 11 2018 6:23AM Security
Intel won't patch Spectre flaw in some older chips

Intel won't patch Spectre flaw in some older chips

As mitigation work wraps up.
Allie Coyne Apr 4 2018 8:52AM Hardware
Intel rearchitects new CPUs in wake of Spectre flaw

Intel rearchitects new CPUs in wake of Spectre flaw

Processor-protecting partitioning.
Juha Saarinen Mar 16 2018 8:34AM Hardware
Microsoft offers bug bounties for Spectre, Meltdown flaws

Microsoft offers bug bounties for Spectre, Meltdown flaws

But only for nine months.
Staff Writers Mar 15 2018 1:09PM Security
Intel releases Spectre fix for Broadwell, Haswell chips

Intel releases Spectre fix for Broadwell, Haswell chips

Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge microcode updates still in testing.
Staff Writers Feb 28 2018 3:58PM Hardware
Intel kept US infosec officials in the dark about chip flaws

Intel kept US infosec officials in the dark about chip flaws

Until after Meltdown and Spectre were made public.
Stephen Nellis Feb 23 2018 11:53AM Security

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