Tech companies both big and small are always looking for new ways to protect their customers from the threat of malware. While that's not something that hardware vendors are known for, Intel has leapt into the fray with a recent announcement about CPU-level Malware protection. Their planned "Tiger Lake" mobile processors will offer CPU-level … [Read more...] about Intel Steps Up Game With CPU-Level Malware Protection
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Intel Graphics Get Update To Address Security Issues
If you have a personal computer that uses Intel technology, you're not going to want to miss the update released in March's Patch Tuesday. The latest update addresses a total of 27 vulnerabilities. Ten of them rated as high severity flaws that impact Intel's Graphics Drivers for Windows. Also impacted is the Smart Sound Technology integrated … [Read more...] about Intel Graphics Get Update To Address Security Issues
Zombieload V2 Is Back To Wreak Havoc On Intel Chips
Zombieload is back. First discovered in May of this year, it was described as a successor to the infamous Meltdown attack. That was a data-leaking side-channel vulnerability that impacted all Intel processor generations from 2011 and beyond. Intel hasn't had a good run of late, being beset almost constantly by these kinds of issues, and … [Read more...] about Zombieload V2 Is Back To Wreak Havoc On Intel Chips
Intel Server Processors Are Vulnerable To Attack
Researchers at Vrije Universiteit, in Amsterdam have discovered a disturbing new side-channel attack. All Intel server-grade processors made since 2012 are vulnerable to what has been dubbed NetCAT. That stands for Network Cache Attack and it exploits a weakness in Intel's Data Direct I/O (DDIO) feature. DDIO is specific to Intel's … [Read more...] about Intel Server Processors Are Vulnerable To Attack
