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#iLeakage: All Apple CPUs Vulnerable — No Patch in Sight
Richi Jennings | | Apple Safari, ARM, Daniel Genkin, iLeakage, ios, macos, mobile safari, Safari, SB Blogwatch, Spectre, speculative execution, Webkit, WebKit engine
Son of Spectre: No fix for iOS, “unstable” workaround for macOS ...
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Retbleed Security Fix Makes Linux go 70% Slower
Richi Jennings | | Intel, Is it even possible to have speculative execution and not be vulnerable to related exploits?, Linux, Peter Zijlstra, Retbleed, SB Blogwatch, Spectre, VMware
The Linux kernel workaround for the ‘Retbleed’ vulnerability is causing a huge slowdown in tests of slightly old hardware ...
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Specter of Spectre is Back, in New Micro-Op Cache Vuln
It’s been three years, but now researchers have disclosed new attacks on speculative execution in Intel and AMD chips ...
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BlindSide: Intel/AMD Speculation Bugs Under Microscope Again
Researchers have published frightening details on what they’re calling BlindSide, which relies on co-opting our old friend speculative execution ...
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Side-Channel Attacks: Cyber Warfare’s New Battleground
Bill Conner | | AI, Artificial Intelligence, Eternal Blue, Malware, Meltdown, Petya/NotPetya, security technologies, side-channel attacks, Spectre, WannaCry
The current state of cybersecurity is complex, fast-moving and a critical risk to all organizations. Understanding where U.S. businesses stack up in terms of their security knowledge and defense strategy is of ...
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A week in security (July 9 – July 15)
Malwarebytes Labs | | ad blockers, android malware, crypto mining, Data breach, domestic abuse, facebook, ico fraud, mitm, Multi-Factor Authentication, prime day 2018, Security world, Spectre, Threat Intel, Week in security
A roundup of the security news from July 9 - July 15, including sextortion, Spectre, cryptomining, mobile malware, ICO scams and more. Categories: Security world Week in security Tags: ad blockersandroid malwarecrypto ...
Intel Faces Yet Another Speculative Execution Flaw in Its CPUs
As predicted by security researchers, the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities announced this year were just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to security issues related to the speculative execution feature ...
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Intel Won’t Patch Spectre on All CPUs
Intel does not plan to release microcode updates for older generations of processors that are affected by the Spectre vulnerability, either because patching is not practical and for other reasons. The company ...
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A “Patch for the Meltdown Patch” released out of band Thursday night
The Meltdown/Spectre saga continues… Late Thursday, Microsoft released a patch for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 operating systems to resolve CVE-2018-1038. Apparently, this vulnerability was actually introduced by the patches released ...
Meltdown Patches Left Windows 7, Server 2008 Systems Even More Vulnerable
Microsoft’s January and February patches for the Meltdown vulnerability introduced an even more dangerous flaw that left Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 systems vulnerable to complete compromise. The bug is somewhat ...
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