Intel disabled DirectX 12 on its 4th Gen Core lineup dubbed Haswell via a graphics driver update. The company stated that this was done to mitigate a security bug that it found on these CPUs.
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Following the discovery of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in Intel processors, the resulting fixes for the issue slowed down many PCs. The next feature update to Windows 10 may change that.
Following suit with other Surface devices, the Surface Book is now receiving a long list of firmware and driver updates. The updates also include fixes for Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities.
The hard times for Intel may not be over yet, as sources say that the promised silicon-level fix for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities may not protect from the variant discovered this week.
An update for the latest version of Windows 10 now mitigates Spectre variant 2 on systems running the April 2018 Update with Coffee Lake, Kaby Lake, Skylake, Haswell, and more processors.
Intel simply can't seem to catch a break with CPU design flaws. After Spectre and Meltdown, there are now eight new vulnerabilities this time around. But don't worry, a fix is already in the works.
In an update, Intel has revealed that it won't be developing patches for the second variant of Spectre for some of its older chips due to, but not limited to, them being impractical to develop.
Microsoft has released an emergency Windows update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems to fix a serious memory bug that was introduced after a bungled Meltdown patch in January.
Intel announced today that future chips from the company will have Meltdown and Spectre fixes built into them, and that it's releasing new code for chips that were released in the last five years.
Earlier this month, Microsoft began offering Intel firmware updates via Windows Update for Skylake processors. Today, the company expanded its offerings to Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake.
Microsoft, with a blog post today, announced that it will begin providing Intel's new Spectre and Meltdown mitigations through the Microsoft Update Catalog, and will continue to push further updates.
Intel has been taking the brunt of the consumer backlash over the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities found in its CPUs, but AMD is also starting to take some heat in the form of legal action.
Intel today announced that it is releasing new updates for its sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-generation chips with additional mitigations for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.
Today, Microsoft announced that its Windows Analytics tool will help to assess if your computer is protected from the recently discovered Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities.
Having initially rolled out a buggy Spectre patch, Intel has now released an updated patch for Skylake CPUs. The updates will be made available through OEM updates so make sure to update soon.
A recent report by The Wall Street Journal states that according to sources, Intel did not warn the U.S. Government of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, but did inform Chinese tech giants.
Microsoft this weekend issued an emergency update to abide by Intel's advisory requesting users to not not install a buggy Spectre mitigation that was causing systems to crash unexpectedly.
In its quarterly earnings call for investors, the company vowed that it was working to fix the flaws in its chips, and vowed that its processors due out later this year will be vulnerability-free.
In a series of open letters, the United States Congress has questioned the bungling of the embargo for Meltdown and Spectre by various tech firms, including Microsoft, Intel, Apple, and Google.
The Linux distribution, Tails, which focuses on privacy, has been bumped to version 3.5. The update brings Tor Browser 7.5 and a new Linux kernel which mitigates more fully against Spectre.
Apple released a round of security updates today, including the Meltdown and Spectre fixes for Macs running older operating systems, including macOS 10.12 Sierra and OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
The creator of the open-source Linux operating system did not mince words when passing judgement on the Meltdown and Spectre patches being rolled out by Intel, calling them garbage.
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In a blog post, the company's Executive Vice President Navin Shenoy admitted that further testing revealed a bug causing patched systems to reboot more frequently, also affects newer processors.
A new lawsuit filed in the United States claims malfeasance on the smartphone maker's part by not informing its users of the existence of these processor vulnerabilities at an earlier date.
Several versions of the Linux kernel have been patched with Retpoline which was made by a Google employee to mitigate against Spectre while keeping performance levels the same as they were before.
Canonical has disabled the SPI driver in the latest version of Ubuntu in order to stop BIOSes on computers being corrupted. The new update is classified as Ubuntu 17.10.1 and is supported until July.
CES was the big event this week, and we got a lot of Microsoft-related stories. But the Spectre and Meltdown fixes were still in the news, especially in relation to AMD chips. Catch up on the week.
Neverware has updated CloudReady to version 61.3. The Chromium OS-based distribution now comes with an updated kernel to protect against Meltdown as well as the new app launcher seen in Chrome OS 61.
Google has announced that its cloud systems are not impacted with performance hits after it applied a patch dubbed Retpoline. Google plans to share the patch with others in the industry.
The chipmaker is now recommending some of its bigger customers delay the installation of its latest patches aimed at Meltdown and Spectre after reports of unsolicited reboots on some processors.
AMD has maintained that its processors are immune to Meltdown and that its chip architecture made it likely that Spectre posed zero risk. However, it is still issuing updates to mitigate risk.
Intel has been battered by the revelation of vulnerabilities in its chips. For his part, CEO Brian Krzanich has owned up to the company's missteps, and now offers an open letter to the tech community.
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Google has quickly updated most of its hardware to help mitigate against the Meltdown and Spectre security holes, but if you have questions about your Chromebook, you can find out its update status.
Users of the Ubuntu are also reporting issues with the patches aimed at mitigating the Meltdown and Spectre CPU exploits, with some systems having boot-up issues after installation.
In an update to the patch notes for the Meltdown and Specture exploits, Microsoft states users will receive no future security updates unless their antivirus vendor changes a specific registry key.
The Tails operating system has been upgraded to version 3.4. It's quite important that users upgrade to this release as it fixes Meltdown and partially fixes the Spectre vulnerability.
The team behind Linux Mint has put out a new blog post informing users how they can patch their software in order to fend off any attacks which utilise Spectre or Meltdown. A kernel patch is coming.
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