iLeakage attack resurrects Spectre with password and website data extraction
Spectre can't stay dead despite numerous attempts by Apple to patch it, with iLeakage the latest attack vector to utilize speculative execution demonstrated by researchers.
Spectre
Wesley Hilliard
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Apple over Meltdown, Spectre vulnerabilities
A potential class action suit alleging that Apple knowingly failed to disclose that its 2017 iPhone were vulnerable to Meltdown and Spectre hacks, has been dismissed — again.
William Gallagher
Spectre comes back from the dead to haunt Intel chips
Security researchers have found new versions of chip flaws affecting Intel and AMD processors that get around existing mitigations for Spectre attacks, resurrecting vulnerabilities that may affect Intel-based Macs.
Malcolm Owen
New Spectre-style Intel chip flaw can leak user data, but only in Windows
PC users and those who are running Windows on a Mac may want to take a moment to update their operating systems, as a new flaw in Intel and ARM chips has been exposed.
Amber Neely
'ZombieLoad' vulnerability in Intel processors puts data in danger on Mac
Yet another major flaw has been discovered in practically all of Intel's processors released since 2011, with a new class of discovered vulnerabilities that could allow sensitive information to be stolen from the processor, in an issue likened to the Meltdown and Spectre fiasco.
Judge tosses lawsuit against Apple over Meltdown & Spectre vulnerabilities in iPhone & iPad processors
A U.S. District Judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit brought against Apple for its handling of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in ARM-based processors, which the plaintiffs blamed for slowing down iPhones, iPads, and other products with A-series chips.
Roger Fingas
'Foreshadow' Intel processor attack bypasses protections for secure data held on chip
A new vulnerability called "Foreshadow" affecting Intel processors has been revealed by researchers to bypass the company's built-in security on the chip, an attack which has the potential to acquire sensitive data stored on supposedly secure cordoned-off areas on the processor.
First details emerge about new batch of Intel processor security flaws [u]
Details of the first of the second wave of Spectre-style vulnerabilities in Intel processors has been published earlier than expected, with the "LazyFP" vulnerability potentially allowing an attacker to access sensitive data, such as cryptographic keys.
Intel promises fix for new 'Variant 4' Meltdown, Spectre vulnerability
Industry woes over Meltdown and Spectre continued this week when Google and Microsoft on Monday revealed a newly discovered silicon-level vulnerability impacting chips used in millions of computers, including those marketed by Apple.
Mikey Campbell
AppleInsider Staff
