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By Dan Thorp-Lancaster Published
Researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in Intel processors that, similar to last year's Meltdown and Spectre attacks, could allow hackers to access sensitive data on millions of PCs.

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Researchers have discovered a new way to exploit the Spectre vulnerability on modern CPUs remotely, but existing mitigations should keep systems that have already been patched safe.

By Dan Thorp-Lancaster Published
A new variant of the Meltdown and Spectre flaws has been found, but previous software patches may provide enough protection for most.

By Dan Thorp-Lancaster Published
Microsoft has kicked off a new bug bounty programs for speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities.

By Dan Thorp-Lancaster Published
With March's Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft has expanded coverage of its Meltdown and Spectre software fixes to more versions of Windows.

By Dan Thorp-Lancaster Published
In an update on its efforts to combat Spectre and Meltdown, Microsoft says it is now starting to distribute microcode updates from Intel.

By Dan Thorp-Lancaster Published
Intel's updated microcode intended to guard against Spectre is now available to its OEM partners.

By Dan Thorp-Lancaster Published
The Surface Pro 3 has joined its Surface brethren in getting an update to protect against Meltdown and Spectre.
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