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White House Bans Personal Cell Phones, Citing Security
2018-01-05 12:09:53| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
The ban comes after White House chief of staff John Kelly reportedly had his phone hacked.
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Spectre, Meltdown: Critical CPU Security Flaws Explained
2018-01-04 13:35:09| Extremetech
The security flaws everyone's been rushing to patch have names now: Meltdown and Spectre. There's good reason everyone's been rushing to patch things. The post Spectre, Meltdown: Critical CPU Security Flaws Explained appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Massive Intel Chip Security Flaw Threatens Computers
2018-01-03 23:45:53| TechNewsWorld
A design flaw in all Intel chips produced in the last decade is responsible for a vulnerability that puts Linux, Windows and macOS-powered computers at risk, according to multiple press reports. The flaw reportedly is in the kernel that controls the chip performance, allowing commonly used programs to access the contents and layout of a computer's protected kernel memory areas.
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Early Data Shows Linux Update to Fix Intel Security Flaw Hits Performance Hard
2018-01-03 23:02:17| Extremetech
Early Linux data suggests Intel CPUs take a fairly heavy hit in some tests when the new page table isolation fix is enabled. Database benchmarks and possibly cloud server performance could drop significantly, however. The post Early Data Shows Linux Update to Fix Intel Security Flaw Hits Performance Hard appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Security Researcher Finds 15-Year-Old MacOS Bug
2018-01-03 01:10:50| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
The flaw affects all macOS versions. Fortunately, it can't be remotely exploited.
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