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Google's Project Zero says it discovered three variants of CPU attack, affecting AMD, ARM, and Intel; Android devices with latest security update are safe — Last year, Google's Project Zero team discovered serious security flaws caused by “speculative execution,” a technique used by most modern processors …
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| New York Times: |
Researchers say there is no known fix for Spectre CPU flaw; Meltdown flaw affects almost all Intel CPUs, requires software patch that could cause slowness — SAN FRANCISCO — Computer security experts have discovered two major security flaws in the microprocessors inside nearly all of the world's computers.
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Researchers discover vulnerabilities, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, that let hackers steal data from running apps on most Intel chips, some ARM and AMD chips — Most Intel processors and some ARM chips are confirmed to be vulnerable, putting billions of devices at risk of attacks.
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| Meltdown and Spectre: |
Official webpage for the Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities, which has links to research papers and an FAQ — Bugs in modern computers leak passwords and sensitive data. Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware bugs allow programs …
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| Spectreattack.com: |
Researchers wrote a Spectre attack in JavaScript that violates browser sandboxing and reads data from the address space of the browser process running it — Modern processors use branch prediction and speculative execution to maximize performance. For example, if the destination …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Intel's memory access design flaw was partially addressed by Apple in macOS 10.13.2, released Dec. 6, with additional tweaks in next update, currently in beta — A serious design flaw and security vulnerability discovered in Intel CPUs has reportedly already been partially addressed by Apple …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Intel says CPU flaws not limited to its own chips, exploits can't corrupt/modify data but can access sensitive data, is working with AMD and ARM to find fixes — A soon-to-be-disclosed and massive chip flaw affects more than just Intel chips, according to both sources familiar with the issue and Intel itself.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft issued a rare out-of-band security patch today to protect against Intel, AMD, ARM flaws; sources say patch will be applied automatically on Windows 10 — Microsoft is issuing a rare out-of-band security update to supported versions of Windows today.
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Windows Central, The Verge, On MSFT, Business Insider, Neowin, SlashGear, AskWoody, and Digital Trends
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| Amazon Web Services, Inc.: |
AWS: all but a small percentage of EC2 instances are patched, remaining will be within hours; says customers must also patch their instance operating systems — AWS is aware of recently disclosed research regarding side-channel analysis of speculative execution on modern computer processors …
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: Spotify confidentially filed IPO documents with the SEC at the end of December; indications are the company wants to list in Q1 — Music streaming giant Spotify confidentially filed IPO documents with the SEC at the end of December, Axios has learned from multiple sources.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft acquires Pittsburgh-based Avere Systems, a hybrid cloud storage vendor for Windows and Linux, will integrate its technology with Azure cloud — Microsoft plans to integrate Avere's file system and caching technologies for Windows and Linux clients with its Azure cloud.
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The Official Microsoft Blog, SiliconANGLE, Avere Systems, EnterpriseTech, VentureBeat, Business Insider, CNBC, Windows Central, MSPoweruser, The Register, CRN, Neowin, TechCrunch, Seeking Alpha, GeekWire, PE Hub Blog, and On MSFT. Tweets: @julwhite
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces that its $99 developer program membership is now available at no cost to nonprofits, accredited educational institutions, government entities — Apple announced today it will begin allowing select publishers to waive the membership fees associated with its App Developer Program.
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Apple Developer, MacRumors, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, The Mac Observer, Softpedia News, and AppleInsider
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