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New Intel chip flaw resembles Spectre and Meltdown, but targets special chip security features

Even security products have security flaws, and chip researchers just found a big one in Intel’s chips that can be… Read More

New side-channel vulnerability reported in Intel, AMD, and Arm chips, but this one isn’t a Meltdown

One of the scarier things about the disclosure of the Meltdown and Spectre chip design flaws earlier this year was… Read More

Intel says ‘partitions’ in new chips will correct the design flaw that created Spectre and Meltdown

After security researchers were able to exploit design flaws in modern processors that lay undetected for up to 20 years,… Read More

Intel expands bug bounty program to include Spectre-like side-channel attacks, dangles $250K

Intel is promising up to $250,000 to security researchers who uncover new side-channel vulnerabilities in its processors, in the wake… Read More

Intel promises more “transparency” around chip flaws, as strong Q4 offset by weaker 2018 forecast

Intel enjoyed one of its best years ever in 2017. 2018 is going to be a lot tricker. The chip… Read More

Congress wants to know how Big Tech managed the Meltdown/Spectre embargo period

That didn’t take long: the leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee within the U.S. House of Representatives sent letters… Read More

Intel says it has found “root cause” of flawed patches for Meltdown and Spectre on older systems, but advises customers to avoid patches for now

After it acknowledged two weeks ago that its initial fix for the Meltdown and Spectre flaws was itself flawed for… Read More

Intel admits that patches for Meltdown and Spectre are causing reboots on a wider variety of systems

As part of its quest to ensure “transparency” after initially insisting that the fixes for design flaws in its chips… Read More

Intel: Our initial fix for the Meltdown and Spectre chip design flaws had flaws

Intel continued to undermine the confidence placed in its chips by more than 90 percent of data center customers on… Read More

Who will pay for Meltdown and Spectre? Chip flaws could leave a financial mess in their wake

2018 greeted CIOs around the planet in quite rude fashion, following the revelation of two 20-year-old undiscovered security flaws in… Read More

Microsoft admits that the Meltdown/Spectre patches will hit Windows Server performance

After several days of dodging questions about the performance impact of patches designed to fix the Meltdown/Spectre chip design flaws,… Read More

Microsoft stops distributing Meltdown/Spectre patches for AMD devices after fixes brick machines

Microsoft has temporarily stopped distributing patches to computers and devices running AMD processors after acknowledging that its Windows security updates… Read More

In unusual CES statement, Intel CEO addresses Spectre and Meltdown bugs

Just how serious are the Meltdown and Spectre microprocessor vulnerabilities for Intel? Enough for the company’s CEO Brian Krzanich to divert… Read More

Report: Intel creates new group to focus on hardware security amid Meltdown and Spectre fallout

As the public fallout from a 20-year-old design flaw that left Intel processors unprotected continues, the company told employees Monday… Read More

A week later, the long-term impact of the Meltdown and Spectre chip flaws is starting to become clearer

Cloud users and data center managers began to understand the performance effects of the patches required by the Meltdown/Spectre chip… Read More

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What are Meltdown and Spectre? GeekWire’s guide to the problems with the world’s computer chips

Meltdown and Spectre. You’ve probably been hearing these terms a lot. These are vulnerabilities discovered in many of the computer… Read More

Intel, cloud vendors shed more light on two major chip security issues that emerged this week

Hours after reports spread about design flaws in Intel processors that could have compromised an enormous number of computers, the… Read More

‘This sh— will not stand.’ Tech investor Dave McClure delivers epic on-stage Trump rant

(Editors note: This story and the video below contain profanity). “I’m pissed off. I’m sad. I’m ashamed. I’m angry.” We… Read More