Tag: Foreshadow
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AMD Discloses a Spectre-Like Vulnerability in Zen 3 CPUs
AMD has published details of a Spectre-like vulnerability that affects Zen 3 CPUs. It’s related to a new feature AMD introduced with its …
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Foreshadow returns to the foreground: Secrets-spilling speculative-execution Intel flaw lives on, say boffins
Some of the boffins who in 2018 disclosed the data-leaking speculative-execution flaws known as Spectre and Meltdown today contend that …
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Security Flaw Detected in AMD CPUs Going Back to 2011
Researchers investigating security flaws have found a problem with AMD chips that affects all CPUs going back to Bulldozer. Whether this …
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AMD’s Secure Processor Firmware Is Now Explorable Thanks to New Tool
A security researcher named Cwerling has released a new tool, called PSPTool, that researchers can use to analyze the firmware used by …
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Intel Performance Hit 5x Harder Than AMD After Spectre, Meltdown Patches
Ever since Spectre and Meltdown broke in January 2018, we’ve known that the combined impact of patching these security issues would …
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Intel Discloses New Speculative Execution Security Vulnerabilities
Back in January 2018, researchers disclosed a set of vulnerabilities related to the way modern CPUs perform a function known as speculative …
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Foreshadow, SGX & the Failure of Trusted Execution
One of the primary challenges in today’s computing environments is that of trust. How do I know that the software that I am actually …
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Intel Drops Security Patch Benchmark Ban After Public Outcry
Intel hasn’t had a very good 2018. While the company’s quarterly performance has been excellent, it’s been repeatedly hammered by …
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Is Hyper-Threading a Fundamental Security Risk?
Ever since Intel introduced Hyper-Threading (known generically as Symmetric Multi-Threading), debates about whether or not to disable the …
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Windows 10 alert: All versions get new Intel patches for Spectre, Foreshadow bugs
Microsoft releases Intel’s microcode updates, including one to address the recently revealed Foreshadow flaw. …
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Securing The Server, Inside And Out
Computing is hard enough, but the sophistication and proliferation of attacks on IT infrastructure, from the firewall moat surrounding the …
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Foreshadow Vulnerability Puts Intel CPUs at Risk
Today’s topics include Intel SGX at risk from the Foreshadow speculative execution attack, and an RSA report showing rogue mobile apps …
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