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New Retbleed Speculative Execution Flaw Emerges
A new speculative execution flaw called Retbleed affects many AMD and Intel chips running any modern operating system.
New CacheOut Attack Impacts Latest Intel Chips
Researchers have identified yet another speculative execution attack method against Intel processors.
Software Alone Can’t Fix Spectre-Class Flaws
Speculative execution enhanced microprocessor performance, but also made them more susceptible to side-channel attacks. The final fix won’t be via software updates.
What IT Needs to Know About Foreshadow
Foreshadow/L1TF refer to a group of vulnerabilities that can be exploited in modern Intel chips using speculative execution attacks to bypass security protections and harvest sensitive information.
NetSpectre Highlights New Ways to Exploit Speculative Execution
NetSpectre is not an immediate threat: no known malware exists in the wild. The research is important because it deepens our understanding of microprocessor architecture and ways speculative execution can be abused.