Digital Trends

Intel CPUs attacked again as ZombieLoad V2 exploit rises from Spectre’s grave

Intel CPUs that received hardware, software, and microcode fixes for various Spectre-related bugs are still vulnerable to a new speculative execution attack called ZombieLoad v2. This latest flaw in ...
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 ...
ZDNet

Intel finally issues Spoiler attack alert: Now non-Spectre exploit gets CVE but no patch

Intel has finally posted an official security advisory in response to the recently revealed Spoiler attack, which uses a weakness in Intel CPUs to enhance already known attacks that leak secrets from ...
Dark Reading

Intel Offering New Microcode to Fix Spectre & Meltdown

Intel is rolling out new microcode that the company claims will fix some issues related to Spectre and Meltdown side-channel vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this year. In a February 20 post, Navin ...
SiliconANGLE

New ‘Plundervolt’ exploit affecting Intel chips uses electricity to steal data

A group of cybersecurity researchers today disclosed a vulnerability in Intel Corp. central processing units that can potentially be exploited to steal sensitive data and compromise otherwise secure ...
ZDNet

Windows 10 PCs get these new Intel chip security updates for Zombieload attacks

Microsoft has released Intel microcode updates for Windows 10 versions 1909 and 1903 to address four recently disclosed security threats, including Zombieload. The microcode updates are the latest ...
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 ...
HotHardware

Intel CPUs Rocked By Plundervolt Voltage Manipulating Security Exploit

Intel has posted a security advisory saying that several of its desktop and mobile processors are susceptible to a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to alter a CPU's voltage and frequency.
Computer Weekly

Intel and AMD processors affected by another side-channel exploit

While Spectre and Meltdown may be long forgotten, a microprocessor flaw using a side-channel attack, dubbed Platypus, is again haunting Intel and AMD. An international team of security researchers has ...
Bleeping Computer

Older Windows 10 Versions Get Intel Microcode Updates for MDS Vulns

Microsoft has released Intel Microcode update that resolve MDS speculative side channel execution vulnerabilities in older versions of Windows 10 and Windows server. Last month, researchers disclosed ...
HotHardware

ZombieLoad Security Exploit Targets Huge Number Of Intel CPUs, Here's Where To Patch

Another day, another disclosure of a new side-channel exploit affecting modern PC processors. This time around, we're talking about ZombieLoad, which takes advantage of vulnerabilities specific to ...