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New Spectre V1 Variant Known As SWAPGS [CVE-2019-1125]

A new Spectre V1 variant, known as SWAPGS, has been identified by security researchers. The SWAPGS variant targets specific 64-bit

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Spectre 1.1 and 1.2 Vulnerabilities Disclosed

Two new vulnerabilities exploiting flaws in CPUs speculative execution have been recently disclosed. Dubbed Spectre 1.1 and 1.2, both are variants

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Cisco CPU Side-Channel Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities – May 2018

CVE Numbers : CVE-2018-3639 and CVE-2018-3640 On May 21, 2018, researchers disclosed two vulnerabilities that take advantage of the implementation of

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Google And Microsoft Find New Strain Of Spectre And Meltdown [Variant 3a & 4]

CVE-2018-3640 – Rogue System Register Read (RSRE) – also known as Variant 3a CVE-2018-3639 – Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) –

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Netgear Security Advisory (Spectre and Meltdown) ReadyNAS and ReadyDATA Storage Systems and Some Connected Home Products – PSV-2018-0005

This security advisory addresses the following CVE vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2017-5754 NETGEAR is aware of two different speculative code execution

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Fake Spectre And Meltdown Patches Spread Smoke Loader Malware

A new variant of the Smoke Loader malware has been observed being distributed via fake patches for the Meltdown and

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CPU Side-Channel Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

On January 3rd 2018, researchers disclosed three vulnerabilities that take advantage of the implementation of speculative execution of instructions on

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Meltdown and Spectre – Vendor Patches

In early January we became aware of a set of security vulnerabilities known as Meltdown and Spectre that affect modern

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Intel Chips Are Vulnerable To Security Breach

The technology website Register reported that some Intel processors have a “fundamental design flaw” that will spur a significant security update of

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