- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- March 15th, 2018
Canonical Releases Spectre/Meltdown Patches for Ubuntu 17.10 for Raspberry Pi 2
Linux kernel (HWE) also available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- 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
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Marius Nestor
- February 28th, 2018
Intel Finally Releases Spectre Patches for Broadwell and Haswell Processors
Users are urged to update their PCs as soon as possible
- 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
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- February 22nd, 2018
Canonical Outs New Ubuntu Kernel Update with Compiler-Based Retpoline Mitigation
Available for Ubuntu 17.10, 16.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, and 12.04
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 21st, 2018
Intel Releases Spectre Patches for Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake Processors
As well as additionally fixes for Skylake chips
- 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
- Linux
- By Marius Nestor
- February 8th, 2018
CloudLinux's KernelCare Promises to Fix Meltdown & Spectre Flaws without Reboots
Currently available for CentOS 7, RHEL 7, and CloudLinux 7
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 8th, 2018
Intel Releases New Spectre Updates for Skylake Processors
Other chips should be getting patches very soon too
- Linux
- By Marius Nestor
- January 31st, 2018
Linux Systems Running Newer Kernels Not Really Affected by Meltdown Patches
Linux kernel 4.15 said to be 7-9% faster than Linux 4.11
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- January 30th, 2018
The Spectre & Meltdown Vulnerability Checker for Linux Is Now in Debian's Repos
Debian users can install the script with a single command
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- January 29th, 2018
openSUSE Continues to Work on Spectre V2 Mitigations for Leap and Tumbleweed
They'll be using the retpoline patches for Spectre variant 2
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- January 29th, 2018
Deepin Linux Users Receive Security Updates to Patch Meltdown & Spectre Exploits
The distro is now powered by the Linux 4.14.12 kernel
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 29th, 2018
Microsoft Releases KB4078130 Update to Disable Spectre Variant 2 Patch
The update is available for all supported Windows versions