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Tag: Spectre flaw

How to fully protect your Mac against Zombieland bug, and how badly the fix affects performance

Monday, May 20, 2019 1:40 pm9 Comments

Want to protect your Mac against the Zombieland (MDS) bug?

These Macs may be unable to be patched for future vulnerabilities similar to ‘ZombieLoad’

Thursday, May 16, 2019 12:44 pmMonday, May 20, 2019No Comments

Several pre-2011 Macs could still be vulnerable to ‘ZombieLoad’-like security exploits…

How to protect your Mac from Intel CPU’s Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities

Thursday, May 16, 2019 12:00 pmMonday, May 20, 20192 Comments

Intel has disclosed vulnerabilities called Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) that apply to desktop and notebook computers with Intel CPUs…

New secret-spilling flaw affects almost every Intel chip since 2011; Apple to release patches today

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 3:33 pmThursday, May 16, 20197 Comments

Security researchers have found a new class of vulnerabilities in Intel chips which…

Researchers reveal new ‘Spoiler’ vulnerability in all Intel Core processors

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 10:01 amWednesday, March 6, 20192 Comments

There is no software mitigation that can completely erase this problem…

Intel discloses new ‘Variant 3a’ and ‘Variant 4’ Spectre-like chip flaw vulnerabilities

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 9:45 am8 Comments

Intel has released “INTEL-SA-00115,” the latest information on Intel product security or lack thereof…

Germany calls on chip and hardware makers to tackle processor flaws

Friday, May 18, 2018 5:35 pmFriday, May 18, 20184 Comments

Germany’s federal cyber agency called on chip and hardware-makers to address new vulnerabilities discovered…

Apple releases Meltdown patches for older macOS versions

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 4:50 pmTuesday, January 23, 20188 Comments

Apple on Tuesday took the next step toward protecting Mac users from recently disclosed security vulnerabilities…

Benchmarked iPhone shows performance took a serious hit at every possible level after Spectre security patch

Friday, January 12, 2018 2:43 pmFriday, January 12, 201828 Comments

Apple released iOS 11.2.2 update to address Spectre security issues…

Intel’s Spectre patch is causing reboot problems

Friday, January 12, 2018 2:02 pmFriday, January 12, 20186 Comments

Intel is quietly advising some customers to hold off installing patches that address new security flaws affecting virtually all of its processors…

In wake of Spectre and Meltdown, Intel CEO offers open letter, looks to restore confidence in Intel CPU security

Thursday, January 11, 2018 6:47 pm8 Comments

Intel has posted the following open letter from CEO Brian Krzanich…

Intel’s CEO Brian Krzanich sold off the majority of his shares after finding out about the irreparable chip flaws

Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:27 pmThursday, January 4, 201824 Comments

A massive flaw in the way computer processors have been designed over the last two decades…

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