Microsoft Fixes 11 Critical Flaws, Readies Patches for Spectre Variant 4

Microsoft has fixed 50 vulnerabilities in its products during this month’s Patch Tuesday, 11 of which are rated critical. The company has also released mitigation for the new Spectre variant announced last month, known as Spectre Variant 4 or Sp… Continue reading Microsoft Fixes 11 Critical Flaws, Readies Patches for Spectre Variant 4

CPU, OS Makers Coordinate to Fix New Spectre Vulnerability

Processor manufacturers and operating system vendors have released patches for or have outlined plans to address a new variant of the Spectre vulnerability that is as serious as the ones disclosed in January. The new flaw also stems from the speculati… Continue reading CPU, OS Makers Coordinate to Fix New Spectre Vulnerability

New Spectre (Variant 4) CPU Flaw Discovered—Intel, ARM, AMD Affected

Security researchers from Microsoft and Google have discovered a fourth variant of the data-leaking Meltdown-Spectre security flaws impacting modern CPUs in millions of computers, including those marketed by Apple.

Variant 4 comes weeks after German c… Continue reading New Spectre (Variant 4) CPU Flaw Discovered—Intel, ARM, AMD Affected