Latest about Spectre
Intel’s Spectre fix is now good to go for Broadwell and Haswell processors
Roll-out follows the deployment of working patches for Skylake and newer CPUs last week.
Intel releases Spectre patches for not just Skylake, but Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake processors
But those with Broadwell or earlier generation CPUs are still waiting for revamped fixes.
New Meltdown and Spectre exploits have been built, but aren’t in the wild… yet
White hat security experts have successfully leveraged one exploit on a MacBook with an Intel Core i7 CPU.
Intel has finally nailed the Spectre patch – but only for Skylake PCs
Revamped fix is rolling out for Skylake processors, but other Intel CPUs are still in limbo.
Microsoft releases emergency update to disable Intel’s faulty Spectre patch
The fallout of the Spectre CPU vulnerability continues, with Microsoft hastily releasing an emergency patch to halt a faulty patch released by Intel.
Intel will release Meltdown and Spectre-proof processors later this year
The chip giant is trying to get some more positive news out there regarding the battle against these huge CPU flaws.
US lawmakers grill Intel and company over the handling of Meltdown and Spectre
Serious questions posed about the handling of the disclosure embargo for these massive bugs.
Apple has patched older versions of macOS to protect against Meltdown
Following on from High Sierra which received a fix at the start of the month.