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    CVE-2025-36357: Critical AMD Processor Vulnerability and How to Protect Your System

    In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, a new vulnerability has emerged that demands immediate attention: CVE-2025-36357, identified as a Transient Scheduler Attack targeting the Level 1 (L1) Data Queue in certain AMD processors. This flaw underscores the intricate challenges inherent...
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    Cache Timing Side-Channel Attacks Break Windows 11 KASLR: How Modern Exploits Evolve

    Cache timing side-channel attacks have re-emerged as a topic of grave concern for system security in recent months, and a new demonstration targeting fully patched Windows 11 installations underscores just how sophisticated modern exploitation techniques have become. The recent revelation that...
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    Intel Foreshadow vulnerability

    Intel has revealed another major security vulnerability in its CPUs, similar to the Meltdown/Spectre vulnerabilities revealed earlier this year. It is understood that at this time there are no current exploits and further information can be found on the released Link Removed . AMD chips are...
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    Speculative Execution Bounty Launch

    Today, Microsoft is announcing the launch of a limited-time bounty program for speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities. This new class of vulnerabilities was disclosed in January 2018 and represented a major advancement in the research in this field. In recognition of that threat...
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    KB4090007: Intel microcode updates

    Intel release updates for Spectre on 6th generation (Skylake) chips: Intel Link Removed that they have completed their validations and started to release microcode for newer CPU platforms around Spectre Variant 2 (CVE 2017-5715 (“Branch Target Injection”)). This update includes microcode...
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    Mitigating speculative execution side-channel attacks in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer

    Today, Google Project Zero published details of a class of vulnerabilities which can be exploited by speculative execution side-channel attacks. These techniques can be used via JavaScript code running in the browser, which may allow attackers to gain access to memory in the attacker’s process...
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