spectre
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Don’t Use Intel’s Latest Spectre Patch
Worried about protecting yourself from the security exploit that is Spectre? Well if you already downloaded Intel’s update patching the flaw, be prepared to download another one soon. Intel’s software fix is the cause of some random rebooting issues users are running into, and the company is urging consumers and manufacturers to hold off on…
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Spectre And Meltdown Hit Industrial Systems
SCADA systems might seem like a relic but they remain critical to the operation of core infrastructure. Patches that remedy the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities are causing systems from some SCADA vendors to struggle.
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Fix Windows 7 Boot Problems After Patching For Spectre/Meltdown On Your AMD PC
You’re running Windows 7 on your AMD machine, heard about Meltdown/Spectre and did the right thing by updating your OS. And then your PC starts BSODing or worse, fails to boot at all. Fortunately, you don’t have to reformat if you can access the recovery console or have your system rescue disc handy.
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What Do Microsoft’s Spectre And Meltdown Fixes Do To Performance?
The biggest tech news of the summer has, arguably, been the revelation that CPUs in a massive number of computer systems are susceptible to three different vulnerabilities. Two of these, CVE 2017-5753 and CVE 2017-5715, have been dubbed Spectre with the third, CVE 2017-5754, given the Meltdown moniker. Tech companies around the world have been…