Table of ContentsWhat is Meltdown and Spectre?SO WHAT?Spectre & Meltdown flaws hit CPUs hardSpectre & Meltdown: Linux devs respondHardware makers reactMicrosoft disables Intel’s Spectre fix that ruins PCsMeltdown-immune processors What is Meltdown and Spectre? SOFTWARE BUGS ARE ten a penny, with devastating flaws found in applications all the time. This is one of the reasons that … Read more
Gareth Halfacree analyses the recent security news that’s rocked the processor industry The processor market has recently been rocked by the disclosure of two of the biggest security vulnerabilities in history: Meltdown and Spectre. Stemming from hardware design choices made to boost performance, the flaws affect almost every processor on the market going back to the … Read more
In your ‘Test whether you’re at risk of Meltdown’ Workshop, you explained how to check whether your PC is vulnerable to the Meltdown and Spectre flaws. The method works fine, but you have to be careful when typing all the complex command lines without making a single mistake. One of the recognized downsides of installing … Read more