• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-23-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on What you need to know about Meltdown and Spectre

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-22-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on How to protect your PC from the Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws

A pair of nasty CPU exploits have serious ramifications for home computer users. Meltdown and Spectre let attackers access protected information in your PC’s kernel memory, potentially revealing sensitive details like passwords, cryptographic keys, personal photos and email, or anything […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-22-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on How to protect your PC from the Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws

A pair of nasty CPU exploits have serious ramifications for home computer users. Meltdown and Spectre let attackers access protected information in your PC’s kernel memory, potentially revealing sensitive details like passwords, cryptographic keys, personal photos and email, or anything […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-22-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Stop installing our buggy Spectre CPU firmware fixes, Intel says

The firmware patches designed to protect Intel processors against nasty Spectre CPU exploits have a big downside: They’re forcing more frequent reboots and other performance issues on some systems, including PCs that released in 2017. The problem is severe enough […]