Spectre
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Windows 10 cumulative update causes confusion by apparently installing itself twice
By Darren Allan published
Microsoft’s KB4494441 update is so good it installs itself twice.
‘Spoiler’ flaw in Intel CPUs is similar to Spectre – yet dangerously different
By Darren Allan published
Updated A fresh speculative execution hole has been found, and this one won’t be easy to defend against, by all accounts.
Windows 10 October 2018 Update gets ‘Retpoline’ fix for Spectre performance hit
By Darren Allan published
Going live for “certain devices” now and subsequently rolling out to others over the coming months.
Firefox's Project Fission will protect you from Spectre-style CPU flaws
By Cat Ellis published
Mozilla is working on a total overhaul that will keep your private data safe from future vulnerabilities.
Intel's Amber Lake, Whiskey Lake Spectre and Meltdown protections aren't 100% hardware-based
By Joe Osborne published
Intel’s hardware protections against Spectre and Meltdown in Amber Lake and Whiskey Lake processors are limited.
Windows 10 gets Intel’s patches for worrying new Foreshadow flaw
By Darren Allan published
Microsoft has pushed out the fixes alongside some further mitigations for the Spectre bug.
Google Chrome adds new Spectre fix, but uses more RAM in return
By Sharmishta Sarkar published
Google has enabled Site Isolation technology to guard against Spectre vulnerabilities, making the browser memory-hungry.
New flaw in Intel processors can be exploited in a similar way to Spectre
By Darren Allan published
We were warned that more speculative execution attacks would come to light in the near future.
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