- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 7th, 2019
Mozilla Firefox to Get Site Isolation Feature a la Google Chrome
Update to block speculative side-channel attacks
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- August 8th, 2018
Samsung Galaxy S7 Can Be Hacked with Meltdown Attack
Researchers say more phones could be vulnerable
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- July 21st, 2018
NetBSD 8.0 Released with Spectre V2/V4, Meltdown, and Lazy FPU Mitigations
Also includes numerous bug fixes and stability improvements
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 11th, 2018
Microsoft Fixes “Fatal Flaw” in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Meltdown Patch
Fix landed on Patch Tuesday, security researcher reveals
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Silviu Stahie
- May 3rd, 2018
Spectre New Generation Vulnerabilities Found, Intel Already Working on Patches
A total of eight issues were identified by researchers
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 3rd, 2018
Windows 10 Meltdown Patch Said to Come with “Fatal Flaw”
April 2018 Update believed to include patch
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- April 24th, 2018
AV Linux Multimedia-Focused OS Gets New Stable Release with Meltdown Patches
AV Linux 2018.4.2 is now available for download
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Silviu Stahie
- April 17th, 2018
Intel Security Essentials to Protect From Future Meltdown and Spectre CPU Bugs
A hardware solution will be integrated in next gen CPUs
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- April 10th, 2018
DragonFly BSD 5.2 Released with Meltdown & Spectre Mitigations, Better Graphics
The update adds major improvements to HAMMER2 filesystem
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- March 31st, 2018
FreeBSD-Based TrueOS Finally Gets Patched Against Meltdown and Spectre Flaws
TrueOS 18.03 release adds important security and bug fixes
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Marius Nestor
- March 20th, 2018
Google Patches All Intel Chromebooks Against Spectre Variant 2 with Chrome OS 65
The release also patches some Chromebooks against Meltdown
- CPU
- By Marius Nestor
- March 15th, 2018
Intel Says Its Next Chips Will Be Fully Protected Against Spectre Vulnerability
The company introduces new levels of protection in its CPUs
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- March 9th, 2018
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Gets Compiler-Based Retpoline Kernel Mitigation for Spectre V2
The update is available for both 64-bit and 32-bit systems
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- March 9th, 2018
Debian-Based Siduction Linux OS Now Patched Against Meltdown and Spectre Flaws
siduction 2018.2.0 ISO images are now available to download
- Mobile World
- By Marius Nestor
- February 27th, 2018
Meltdown & Spectre Patches Now Available for Sony Xperia X and X Compact Phones
Users are urged to update to firmware version 34.4.A.2.19
- Security
- By Marius Nestor
- February 22nd, 2018
Spectre and Meltdown Mitigations Now Available for FreeBSD and OpenBSD Systems
Users are urged to update their systems immediately
- Security
- By Marius Nestor
- February 15th, 2018
Intel Expands Its Bug Bounty Program for Spectre Security Flaws with New Awards
Hackers could earn up to $250,000 USD if they find any bugs