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HALT! I am Reptar! Intel CPU Bug Panics Cloud Providers
Richi Jennings | | Cloud, Cloud IaaS, cpu, CPU attack, CPU flaw, CPU microcode, cpu vulnerability, Denial of Service, denial-of-service attack, DoS, IaaS, IaaS Security, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Intel, Intel CPU, INTEL-SA-00950, Microcode Flaws, Redundant Prefix Issue, Reptar, SB Blogwatch, x86, x86_64
IaaS Catch Fire: Google and Intel fuzz, find and fix a fabulous bug. Next up: More of the same ...
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Specter of Spectre is Back, in New Micro-Op Cache Vuln
It’s been three years, but now researchers have disclosed new attacks on speculative execution in Intel and AMD chips ...
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Intel Investigating Reboots Caused by CPU Firmware Patches
Lucian Constantin | | BIOS update, CPU microcode, firmware patch, Intel, Spectre, system instability, system reboot, UEFI, vulnerability
The CPU crisis continues. After Windows and Ubuntu patches for the Meltdown and Spectre flaws caused problems for some users, Intel is now investigating reports that its CPU firmware updates are triggering ...
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