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When The Register broke the massive side-channel attack flaws pertaining to Intel and other CPUs, it was reported that the users should expect a significant slowdown after installing the patches. Now, Microsoft has performed some benchmarking tests and offered a concrete idea of what you should expect. In a post on Microsoft’s Secure blog, Terry […]
After initial reports of Intel screwing up big time in the form of massive security flaws, it was later released that the problem is bigger and it affects CPUs from AMD and ARM as well. The flaws being talked about here are Meltdown and Spectre, and they affect almost all devices produced in the last […]
The silicon giant has started rolling out security updates for all Intel-powered devices affected by the vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre that Google Project Zero team made public on Wednesday. Known to have existed on devices released since 1995, these Intel CPU bugs could allow an attacker to access restricted areas of the operating system’s kernel […]