TechRepublic

Intel Patches Widespread Processor Vulnerability

Intel has published a fix for a potential vulnerability that affected some Intel processors. The security flaw, named Reptar, causes “very strange behavior,” said Google’s Tavis Ormandy, who is one of ...
Yahoo Finance

Intel chip vulnerability could give hackers access to sensitive information

Intel has disclosed a fault in its software chips that, if exploited, could allow hackers to access sensitive information directly from processors, TechCrunch writes. According to Intel, nearly every ...
Wired

Researchers Expose a New Vulnerability in Intel's CPUs

For the past two years, modern CPUs—particularly those made by Intel—have been under siege by an unending series of attacks that make it possible for highly skilled attackers to pluck passwords, ...
Bleeping Computer

Ubuntu Linux Gets Intel Microcode Update to Fix CPU Hangs

Canonical has released a new Linux Intel microcode update for Ubuntu that fixes an issue causing Intel Skylake CPUs to hang after a warm reboot. On November 12th, 2019, new Intel microcodes were ...
Dark Reading

Intel, OEMs Push Out More Spectre Microcode Patches

After nearly three months of back-and-forth with different updates, Intel is pushing out new production-ready microcode for several of its chips, including its Ivy Bridge Broadwell designs, which ...
TechRepublic

Downfall Vulnerability Affects Millions of Intel CPUs With Strong Data Leak Impact

Downfall Vulnerability Affects Millions of Intel CPUs With Strong Data Leak Impact Your email has been sent Google researcher Daniel Moghimi discovered a new vulnerability affecting millions of Intel ...
GIGAZINE

A vulnerability ``Downfall'' that may leak information to Intel CPUs is discovered, and the risk of extracting confidential information such as data and passwords

Named 'Downfall', the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE-ID) for this vulnerability is ' CVE-2022-40982 '. The CPUs affected by Downfall are those between Intel's 6th generation CPU ``Skylake'' ...
Forbes

Intel Confirms ‘ZombieLoad 2’ Security Threat

The thing about great zombie horror movies is you can be pretty sure there will be a sequel. Zombie vulnerabilities, on the other hand, are a scary enough proposition without the thought of a second ...
ExtremeTech

Intel Releases a Patch for 'Downfall' Vulnerability Affecting Billions of CPUs

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Macworld

‘Downfall’ and Intel Macs: What you need to know about the flaw and fix

Remember those serious Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws from about five years ago? Well, Intel’s in hot water again with another serious vulnerability that affects years worth of processors. Known as ...
GIGAZINE

A new vulnerability `` LVI '' was found in Intel CPUs, and personal information and company confidential information may leak out

A vulnerability called ' Load Value Injection (LVI) ' has been identified that could expose sensitive information such as certificates and passwords to Intel CPUs. LVI is a CPU vulnerable to `` This ...