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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:38:15 +0000
Apple, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants have released updates for a pair of serious security flaws present in most modern computers, smartphones, tablets and mobile devices. Here’s a brief rundown on the threat and what you can do to protect your devices.
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 06:48:00 -0800
Last night Microsoft released KB 4056894, the 2018-01 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7. Spurred by early disclosure of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, Microsoft has done yeoman work getting the software part of the patches pushed out the Automatic Update chute.
That said, Windows patches are only part of a very formidable picture.
As of this morning, all of the supported versions of Windows have Meltdown-related patches, except for Windows 8.1. In particular:
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 06:26:00 -0800
Apple has confirmed that all Macs, iPhones, iPads and other devices (bar Apple Watch) are vulnerable to the newly-revealed Spectre and Meltdown Intel, ARM and AMD processor vulnerabilities.
Taking advantage of a vulnerability that has been around for 20-years, Meltdown and Spectre exploit a CPU performance feature called “speculative execution”. Speculative execution exists to improve computer speed by enabling the processor to work on multiple instructions at once, sometimes in non-sequential order.
Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 11:13:19 +0000
The creator of Radare2, vulnerability researcher, chef and a family man – meet Sergi Alvarez also known as Pancake! Questions Q: How many years have you been working in the security field? A: I started programming BASIC in Spectrum and PC/M. Then I switched to MSDOS and assembly (TASM) as a main language. From there … Continue reading Know your community – Sergi Alvarez AKA Pancake
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Credit to Author: SSD / Noam Rathaus| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:35:57 +0000
Happy new year everyone! Hope you had the chance to celebrate and think about all the good things that happened to you in 2017. We have a nice surprise for you – this link is worth 1,000$ USD !* *You don’t need to hack the website, the money is out there in the link* We … Continue reading Happy New Year – 2018
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 08:13:00 -0800
I’m increasingly skeptical of security holes that have their own logos and PR campaigns. Yesterday’s sudden snowballing of disclosures about two groups of vulnerabilities, now known as Meltdown and Spectre, has led to enormous numbers of reports of varying quality, and widespread panic in the streets. In the case of Intel’s stock price, that’s more like blood in the streets.
While it’s true that both vulnerabilities affect nearly every computer made in the past two decades, it’s also true that the threat — especially for plain-vanilla Windows users — isn’t imminent. You should be aware of the situation, but avoid the stampede. The sky isn’t falling.
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 08:03:00 -0800
Apple is updating its systems against newly revealed Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, but it’s not enough to update personal devices – what about older PCs and the millions of servers that may also be vulnerable to the bug?
The Spectre and Meltdown bugs are causing lots of distress. Meltdown impacts Intel processors, while Spectre appears to threaten chips from AMD and ARM as well. A good explanation of these vulnerabilities is here.
Credit to Author: DealPost Team| Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 04:00:00 -0800
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