Intel Releases Updates to Make PCs Immune to Metldown and Spectre Security Flaws

Intel Releases Updates to Make PCs Immune to Metldown and Spectre Security Flaws

The updates only apply to CPUs made in the past five years

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • January 4th, 2018
Red Hat Says Security Updates for Meltdown & Spectre Bugs May Affect Performance

Red Hat Says Security Updates for Meltdown & Spectre Bugs May Affect Performance

Gives users the ability to enable the updates selectively to better understand their impact on sensitive workloads

Billions of Devices at Risk of Attacks Because of Two Critical Hardware Bugs

Billions of Devices at Risk of Attacks Because of Two Critical Hardware Bugs

These bugs affect all devices made in the last 25 years

Intel Says Their Processors Aren't the Only Ones Affected by the Security Flaw

Intel Says Their Processors Aren't the Only Ones Affected by the Security Flaw

They are working with AMD and ARM for workarounds

  • Mac
  • By Marius Nestor
  • January 3rd, 2018
Apple's macOS 10.13.2 Partially Patches That Nasty Intel CPU Security Flaw

Apple's macOS 10.13.2 Partially Patches That Nasty Intel CPU Security Flaw

The fix will be complete with the upcoming macOS 10.13.3

Many Intel CPUs Affected by Hardware Bug And the Patch Might Impact Performance

Many Intel CPUs Affected by Hardware Bug And the Patch Might Impact Performance

The extent of the problem will be revealed with the patch

  • Laptops
  • By Bogdan Botezatu
  • April 21st, 2008
OLPC's XO Sub-Notebooks Face Keyboard Issues

OLPC's XO Sub-Notebooks Face Keyboard Issues

The project shipped large number of units, although they knew about the bugs