Google Chrome on Android gets ‘site isolation’ shield against Spectre CPU attacks
Google brings site isolation to Chrome on Android and improves the defense for Chrome on the desktop.
Google brings site isolation to Chrome on Android and improves the defense for Chrome on the desktop.
Google pays $8,000 for a bug in one of its Chrome mitigations for the Spectre CPU flaws.
Google's site isolation roll out is nearly complete after months of testing its answers to the Spectre CPU attacks.
Site isolation looks to be the only mitigation but it’s not perfect.
Chip makers release patches but they'll customers will need to choose between security and performance.
Intel dials back Spectre patching after weighing up benefits.
AMD claims it's patches will have no impact on CPU performance, distinguishing the bugs from the Meltdown and Spectre issues.
Intel wraps up Meltdown-Spectre patching for all CPUs released in the past five years and has redesigned new Cascade Lake CPUs to mitigate the attacks.
AMD bug hunters offer an alternative to Google's 90-day disclosure deadline.
AMD's chips have serious vulnerabilities, according to a security research firm and a short-selling firm.
And more than triples the top award in its permanent bug bounty program to $100,000.
Microsoft releases new Windows Analytics features to help IT pros deal with the Meltdown and Spectre cleanup.
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Dell and HP have taken heed of Intel's advice and pulled back BIOS updates with Intel fixes for the Spectre attack.
Intel offers OEMs an option to roll out an older patch doesn't cause reboots but removes Variant 2 Spectre mitigations.