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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AMD downplays CPU flaw discovery, says hackers would need admin rights anyway

Semiconductor giant AMD said today that attackers wouldn’t likely abuse the vulnerabilities recently found in its products: they would need administrative access, and that kind of access would allow for far more effective attacks than the exploit… Continue reading AMD downplays CPU flaw discovery, says hackers would need admin rights anyway

Google’s CPU Patch Builds Software ‘Trampolines’ that ‘Negligibly’ Impact Performance

Following the recent discovery of vulnerabilities in Intel, AMD and ARM CPUs, Google engineers developed a new chip-level patch that specifically addresses one of the three issues, namely the “Branch target injection” that’s also refe… Continue reading Google’s CPU Patch Builds Software ‘Trampolines’ that ‘Negligibly’ Impact Performance