Microcode Flaws
HALT! I am Reptar! Intel CPU Bug Panics Cloud Providers
Richi Jennings | | Cloud, Cloud IaaS, cpu, CPU attack, CPU flaw, CPU microcode, cpu vulnerability, Denial of Service, denial-of-service attack, DoS, IaaS, IaaS Security, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Intel, Intel CPU, INTEL-SA-00950, Microcode Flaws, Redundant Prefix Issue, Reptar, SB Blogwatch, x86, x86_64
IaaS Catch Fire: Google and Intel fuzz, find and fix a fabulous bug. Next up: More of the same ...
Security Boulevard
NetSpectre, The New Vector
Marc Handelman | | Hardware Flaws, Hardware Secrets, Hardware Security, Information Security, Microcode Flaws
Meanwhile, in Spectre (PDF) news, comes word from Ars Technica's Peter Bright, of a newly discovered attack vector (PDF) (dubbed NetSpectre) using the pernicious speculative-execution in-built microscode from the Minds of Intel ...