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Intel Announces a Microcode Update for Several Processors Along with 30 New Security Advisories

CPU manufacturers must address issues that arise with processors already on the market, especially the errors that are discovered over time. To handle this, Intel has released a new version of ...
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AMD patches a critical microcode vulnerability affecting Zen 1 to Zen 4 EPYC CPUs

Yesterday, AMD and Google publicly disclosed September findings of a key microcode vulnerability in AMD Zen 1 to Zen 4 CPUs, specifically server/enterprise platform EPYC CPUs. This vulnerability, ...
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Intel CPUs Face Renewed Data Leak Threat As Spectre Mitigations Fall Short

Intel is once again in the crosshairs of a fresh speculative execution exploit, this time dubbed "Branch Privilege Injection." The new vulnerability, revealed by researchers at ETH Zurich's COMSEC ...
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ETH researchers discover new security vulnerability in Intel processors

All Intel processors since 2018 are affected by Branch Privilege Injection. The image shows an example of an Intel server system. Anyone who speculates on likely events ahead of time and prepares ...
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Intel still vulnerable to Spectre data-leak vulnerabilities, researchers say

Researchers from ETH Zurich found a way around Spectre mitigations on Intel The chipmaker released microcode patch ARM and AMD chips are not affected this time Spectre, a series of chip ...