Endpoint Security Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD, Arm Respond to New CPU Attacks Intel, AMD and Arm each published security advisories on Patch Tuesday, including for newly disclosed CPU attacks. Eduard Kovacs3 days ago
Vulnerabilities Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD, Nvidia Fix High-Severity Vulnerabilities Chipmakers Intel, AMD and Nvidia on Tuesday published new security advisories to inform customers about vulnerabilities found in their products. Eduard KovacsFebruary 12, 2025
Endpoint Security AMD Patches CPU Vulnerability That Could Break Confidential Computing Protections AMD has released patches for a microprocessor vulnerability found by Google that could allow an attacker to load malicious microcode. Ionut ArghireFebruary 4, 2025
Endpoint Security New SLAP and FLOP CPU Attacks Expose Data From Apple Computers, Phones New CPU side-channel attacks named SLAP and FLOP can be exploited to remotely steal data from Apple mobile and desktop devices. Eduard KovacsJanuary 29, 2025
Endpoint Security BadRAM Attack Uses $10 Equipment to Break AMD Processor Protections Academic researchers devise BadRAM, a new attack that uses $10 equipment to break AMD’s latest trusted execution environment protections. Ionut ArghireDecember 11, 2024
Cloud Security New CounterSEVeillance and TDXDown Attacks Target AMD and Intel TEEs Intel and AMD respond to new attack methods named TDXDown and CounterSEVeillance that can be used against TDX and SEV technology. Eduard KovacsOctober 15, 2024
Endpoint Security AMD Says New Sinkclose CPU Vulnerability Only Affects ‘Seriously Breached Systems’ Many AMD CPUs are affected by the new Sinkclose vulnerability, but the chipmaker noted that the flaw is not easy to exploit. Eduard KovacsAugust 13, 2024
Endpoint Security GhostWrite Vulnerability Facilitates Attacks on Devices With RISC-V CPU Researchers disclose the details of GhostWrite, a RISC-V CPU vulnerability that can be exploited to gain full access to targeted devices. Eduard KovacsAugust 7, 2024
Endpoint Security Intel Says No New Mitigations Required for Indirector CPU Attack Researchers disclosed a new high-precision Branch Target Injection attack method named Indirector, but Intel says no new mitigations are needed. Eduard KovacsJuly 3, 2024
Endpoint Security New TikTag Attack Targets Arm CPU Security Feature Researchers have targeted the MTE security feature in Arm CPUs and showed how attackers could bypass protections. Eduard KovacsJune 18, 2024
Endpoint Security Researchers Resurrect Spectre v2 Attack Against Intel CPUs VUSec researchers resurrect Spectre v2 attack, showing that it works against the Linux kernel on the latest-generation Intel CPUs. Eduard KovacsApril 10, 2024
Endpoint Security ZenHammer Attack Targets DRAM on Systems With AMD CPUs A new Rowhammer attack named ZenHammer has been demonstrated against DRAM on systems with AMD CPUs, including DDR5. Eduard KovacsMarch 26, 2024