- CPU
- By Marius Nestor
- January 26th, 2018
Intel Says It Will Release New CPUs This Year Patched Against Meltdown & Spectre
All new chips will come with built-in mitigations for the Spectre and Meltdown security vulnerabilities
- Linux
- By Marius Nestor
- January 26th, 2018
Canonical Releases New Linux Kernel Update for Ubuntu 17.10 and 16.04 HWE Users
It addresses a logic error in the x86_64 syscall entry
- Web / Internet Life
- By Marius Nestor
- January 24th, 2018
Google Chrome 64 Rolls Out to Desktops with Meltdown and Spectre Patches
A total of 53 security fixes are included in this release
- Mac
- By Marius Nestor
- January 23rd, 2018
Apple Releases Meltdown and Spectre Patches for macOS Sierra and El Capitan
Urges users to update their Macs as soon as possible
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- January 23rd, 2018
Canonical Releases Spectre Patches for Ubuntu Linux, Meltdown Fix for PowerPC
Users are urged to update their systems immediately
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Marius Nestor
- January 22nd, 2018
Intel Identifies Cause of Reboot Issue, Asks the Industry to Use Older Microcode
The company says it's currently working on a fix
- Linux
- By Marius Nestor
- January 22nd, 2018
Linus Torvalds Calls Linux Patch for Intel CPUs "Complete and Utter Garbage"
The patch creates macros to restrict/unrestrict IBRS
- Linux
- By Marius Nestor
- January 22nd, 2018
Canonical Pulls Intel's Spectre Update from Ubuntu Repos Due to Hardware Issues
Ubuntu 17.10, 16.04 LTS, and 14.04 LTS are affected
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- January 20th, 2018
KaOS Linux Gets First ISO Snapshot for 2018 with Spectre and Meltdown Patches
KaOS 2018.01 is now available for download
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- January 18th, 2018
Latest Fedora 27 Linux Updated Live ISOs Ship with Meltdown and Spectre Patches
They include the Linux 4.14.13-300 kernel
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- January 18th, 2018
Canonical Invites Ubuntu Users to Test Kernel Patches for Spectre Security Flaw
They're available for Ubuntu 17.10, 16.04 LTS, and 14.04 LTS
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- January 17th, 2018
Linux Lite Developer Creates Automated Spectre/Meltdown Checker for Linux OSes
The script is based on Stéphane Lesimple's excellent work
- Linux
- By Marius Nestor
- January 17th, 2018
Purism Releases Meltdown and Spectre Patches for Its Librem Linux Laptops
Urges users to update their laptops as soon as possible
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- January 16th, 2018
Chakra GNU/Linux Now Patched Against Meltdown & Spectre Security Vulnerabilities
Users are urged to update their installations immediately
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- January 15th, 2018
Linspire and Freespire Linux OSes Now Patched Against Meltdown and Spectre Flaws
Linspire 7.0.1 and Freespire 3.0.1 are now available
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- January 15th, 2018
Black Lab Enterprise Linux Distro Gets Patches Against Meltdown and Spectre Bugs
Users are urged to update their systems as soon as possible
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- January 15th, 2018
Fedora Project Continues to Work on Mitigating Meltdown & Spectre Security Flaws
Recommends users to keep their installations up-to-date