Linux offers to ignore Meltdown and Spectre
At the request of administrators
The Linux kernel will disable mitigations for the meltdown and spectre bugs.
New Sceptre version haunts chips
SplitSpectre discovered by IBM
Three academics from Northeastern University and three researchers from IBM Research have discovered a new variation of the Spectre CPU vulnerability.
Intel warns about installing its chip patch
Torvalds was right - Intel is a chicken with its head cut off
A day after Linus Torvalds warned that Intel’s patching for a severe security flaw on its chips was “garbage”, Intel has warned users not to upgrade.
Nvidia updates but claims to be unaffected by Spectre
Our GPUs are immune but we work with infected people
Nvidia is updating the software for its graphics processors in response to the Spectre security threat, but its chief executive insisted that its chips were not subject to the same risks as those from Intel and other companies.