AMD Says New Sinkclose CPU Vulnerability Only Affects ‘Seriously Breached Systems’

Many AMD CPUs are affected by the new Sinkclose vulnerability, but the chipmaker noted that the flaw is not easy to exploit.
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GhostWrite Vulnerability Facilitates Attacks on Devices With RISC-V CPU

Researchers disclose the details of GhostWrite, a RISC-V CPU vulnerability that can be exploited to gain full access to targeted devices.
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Intel Says No New Mitigations Required for Indirector CPU Attack

Researchers disclosed a new high-precision Branch Target Injection attack method named Indirector, but Intel says no new mitigations are needed.
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Future Intel, AMD and Arm CPUs Vulnerable to New ‘SLAM’ Attack: Researchers

Security features that major CPU vendors plan on integrating into their future products can increase the surface for certain types of attacks.
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Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD Address Over 130 Vulnerabilities

Intel and AMD have informed their customers about a total of more than 130 vulnerabilities found in their products.
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