All posts tagged "Spectre"
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2.6KMalwareiLeakage: New Safari Exploit Impacts Apple iPhones and Macs with A- and M-Series CPUs
A group of academics has devised a novel side-channel attack dubbed iLeakage that exploits a weakness in the A- and M-series CPUs...
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4.8KVulnerabilitiesNew Bugs Could Let Hackers Bypass Spectre Attack Mitigations On Linux Systems
Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed two new vulnerabilities in Linux-based operating systems that, if successfully exploited, could let attackers circumvent mitigations for...
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367Data SecurityPatches for Spectre and Meltdown reduce performance of Intel processors 5 times
Since the vulnerabilities of Spectre and Meltdown appeared, specialists in information security services anticipated that implementing software fixes for these flaws implied...
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248VulnerabilitiesIntel CPUs affected by speculative execution vulnerability
The flaw is present in all Intel generations after the first generation of Intel Core A speculative execution vulnerability (dubbed Spoiler) has...
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245NewsGoogle Says Spectre Flaws Cannot Be Defeated By Software Alone
Spectre and Meltdown attacks were initially discovered in early 2018. Following which, many security researchers have tried and tested different methods to...
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298Data SecurityThis JavaScript code could spy on browser tabs to find out what sites the user visits
Even the Tor browser can be monitored with this malicious code Specialists in digital forensics and information security have revealed a...
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313VulnerabilitiesNew variants of Meltdown and Spectre cause information leaks
Developers insist that existing defenses will be enough to contain attacks, but experts disagree Information security and digital forensic investigators have discovered...
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267Vulnerabilities7 New Meltdown and Spectre Level Vulnerabilities Discovered that Affected ARM, Intel & AMD CPU’s
A team of Researchers discovered 7 New Meltdown and Spectre Level attacks called a sound and extensible systematization of transient execution which...
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322HackedSpectre-like “Foreshadow” Flaw In Intel CPUs Can Leak Your Secrets
When the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws in Intel chips were disclosed earlier this year, security researchers called it a loophole so...
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220VulnerabilitiesNew variants of the Spectre vulnerability
The issue has shot alert even in the U.S. Congress CPU manufacturers face two new variations of Specter’s lateral channel attack vulnerabilities, following...
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283Data SecurityChrome uses more RAM because of new feature against Spectre
RAM use increases up to 10% Google revealed this week that its solutions for the Spectre vulnerability have caused the Chrome browser to use...
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287HackedNew Variant Of Spectre And Meltdown CPU Flaw Found; Fix Affects Performance
Very often a significant security flaw is followed by new derivatives of the same exploit. Following the widely popular Spectre and Meltdown...
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319VulnerabilitiesSpectre NG – 8 New Serious Spectre Level Security Vulnerabilities Found in Intel Processors
Security Researchers discovered 8 new Spectre level critical Vulnerabilities in Intel CPU’s which is named as “Spectre Next Generation (Spectre-NG)” and each has...
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208VulnerabilitiesA load of Intel CPUs have Spectre v2 flaw that can’t be fixed
Intel won’t fix Meltdown nor Spectre for 10 product families covering 230-plus CPUs. Intel has issued new “microcode revision guidance” that reveals...
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231HackedConfirmed: Intel Will Not Patch Spectre And Meltdown Flaw In Older Processors
Intel has published a microcode update guidance that confirms that it won’t be patching up the Spectre and Meltdown design flaws in...
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318HackedIntel Returns With Another Spectre Patch For 6th, 7th, 8th Gen Core Processors
Intel hasn’t stepped back on their efforts to show how concerned they’re for the people affected by the critical Meltdown and Spectre...
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285MalwareBeware of Fake Spectre and Meltdown Patches Pushing Malware – Smoke Loader
Crooks trying to take advantage of the infamous bug Meltdown and Spectre which affects almost all the modern processors and pushes Smoke...
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199ArticlesApple confirms iPhone, Mac affected by Meltdown, Spectre flaws, but Apple Watch unaffected
Apple has issued a statement regarding the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, confirming all Mac systems and iOS devices are affected, but saying...
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240Vulnerability AnalysisSpectre-Meltdown-Checker – Spectre & Meltdown Vulnerability/Mitigation Checker For Linux
A simple shell script to tell if your Linux installation is vulnerable against the 3 “speculative execution” CVEs: CVE-2017-5753 bounds check bypass...
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195Vulnerability AnalysisMeltdown Exploit Proof of Concept
Speculative optimizations execute code in a non-secure manner leaving data traces in microarchitecture such as cache. Refer to the paper by Lipp...
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322HackedMetldown And Spectre: Intel Promises To Fix 90% of 5 Year Old Chips Before Next Week Ends
The silicon giant has started rolling out security updates for all Intel-powered devices affected by the vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre that Google...
