Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
November 9, 2023
Via: The RegisterIntel has been sued by a handful of PC buyers who claim the x86 goliath failed to act when informed five years ago about faulty chip instructions that allowed the recent Downfall vulnerability, and during that period sold billions of […]
April 20, 2023
Via: SecurityWeekAir Force Secretary Frank Kendall told Congress he has directed the Air Force inspector general to go look at the Air National Guard 102nd Intelligence Wing based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira served and look […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
June 30, 2022
Via: Help Net SecurityDeveloped in partnership with Intel, the XDP-based solution removes the need for a dedicated DDoS protection server role. An SYN Flood is a type of DDoS (Denial of Service) attack that is designed to make an online network or system […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
May 12, 2022
Via: Security WeekA total of nine documented high-severity issues impact multiple Intel Xeon, Pentium Silver, Rocket Lake Xeon, Core, and Core X series processors, the tech giant notes in an advisory. The most severe of these are four bugs that could lead […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
November 16, 2021
Via: Security WeekThe security hole, tracked as CVE-2021-0146 and rated high severity, impacts Pentium, Celeron and Atom CPUs on mobile, desktop and embedded devices. Affected Atom IoT processors are present in many cars, apparently including ones made by Tesla. Intel announced the […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
August 11, 2021
Via: Security WeekTwo of the advisories have been assigned a high severity rating. One of them describes a vulnerability affecting some Intel NUC 9 Extreme laptop kits that can be exploited by an authenticated attacker to escalate privileges. The flaw (CVE-2021-0196) is […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
June 9, 2021
Via: Security WeekAccording to Intel, more than half of the bugs were discovered internally and 40% were reported through its bug bounty program. The newly addressed issues represent more than half of the 132 potential vulnerabilities the company patched since the beginning […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
March 3, 2021
Via: Dark ReadingFor the second year in a row, the vast majority of vulnerabilities — 92% — found in Intel’s products came from the company’s security investments, specifically internal research efforts and external bug bounties, the company stated in a new report, […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
February 10, 2021
Via: Security WeekThe chipmaker’s Patch Tuesday updates for February 2021 were described in 19 advisories, including four that cover high-severity vulnerabilities. The list of high-severity flaws includes a privilege escalation issue in the Intel Solid State Drive (SSD) Toolbox, and a denial-of-service […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
August 12, 2020
Via: Security WeekOne advisory published by the tech giant describes over 20 vulnerabilities affecting Intel Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules. A majority of the flaws can be exploited for privilege escalation, and a few of them can allow an attacker […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
June 12, 2020
Via: WiredFOR THE PAST two years, modern CPUs—particularly those made by Intel—have been under siege by an unending series of attacks that make it possible for highly skilled attackers to pluck passwords, encryption keys, and other secrets out of silicon-resident memory. […]
Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities
December 13, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityIntel has quickly released a fix for the new and already infamous Plundervolt vulnerability found in Intel 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th generation processors, alongside Xeon Processor E3 v5 and v6, and Xeon Processor E-2100 and E-2200. Security researchers […]
July 10, 2019
Via: Threat PostIntel has patched a high-severity vulnerability in its processor diagnostic tool, which could allow local attackers to launch several malicious attacks on affected devices, such as escalation of privilege or denial of service. The Intel Processor Diagnostic tool is a […]
Network security, Wireless security
February 25, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityIntel announced the Intel FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000 (Intel FPGA PAC N3000), designed for service providers to enable 5G next-generation core and virtualized radio access network solutions. The Intel FPGA PAC N3000 accelerates many virtualized workloads, ranging from 5G […]
Network security, Vulnerabilities
January 7, 2019
Via: Dark ReadingIn January of 2018, the world was introduced to two game-changing CPU vulnerabilities, Spectre and Meltdown, that brought “speculative execution side-channel vulnerability” into the enterprise IT security lexicon. Since then, a number of variants of the initial vulnerabilities have been […]
August 15, 2018
Via: Threat PostThree new speculative execution design flaws in Intel CPUs were disclosed today, this time impacting Intel’s Software Guard Extensions (SGX) technology, its OS and system management mode (SMM) and hypervisor software. The three vulnerabilities would allow attacks on Intel Core […]
June 15, 2018
Via: Security AffairsA new vulnerability involving side channel speculative execution on Intel chips, known as LazyFP, has been announced and assigned CVE-2018-3665. A new vulnerability tracked as LazyFP (CVE-2018-3665) involving side channel speculative execution affects Intel CPUs, like previous ones it could […]
May 22, 2018
Via: Threat PostIntel acknowledged that its processors are vulnerable to another dangerous speculative execution side channel flaw that could give attackers unauthorized read access to memory. The new vulnerability, disclosed by Google Project Zero and Microsoft’s Security Response Center, is called Variant […]
April 17, 2018
Via: Security WeekIntel late on Monday announced two new security-related technologies, including a threat detection system and a framework for building protection into processors, and a strategic collaboration with Purdue University whose goal is to address the shortage of cybersecurity talent. Following […]
March 27, 2018
Via: Security WeekResearchers have discovered a new side-channel attack method that can be launched against devices with Intel processors, and the patches released in response to the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities might not prevent these types of attacks. The new attack, dubbed […]
April 17, 2024
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