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Windows 10 gets Intel’s patches for worrying new Foreshadow flaw
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
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
We were warned that more speculative execution attacks would come to light in the near future.
Intel’s CPUs with baked-in Spectre defenses could still be haunted by new variant
And there’s likely to be further trouble with other similar exploits in the future, sadly.
Spectre 2 looms large with 8 potential security flaws
Could the Spectre fracas get any worse? Why yes, apparently so…
AMD has patched its processors to defend against Spectre
AMD’s Spectre fixes are being rolled out for CPUs dating back to 2011.
Intel won’t patch some of its older processors against Meltdown and Spectre
Updated One big problem is that it isn’t actually possible to mitigate against one Spectre variant with the chips in question.
Intel 8th-gen CPUs with baked-in Meltdown protection to land later in 2018
Intel 8th-gen processors will soon be truly immune to Meltdown and one flavor of Spectre.