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Update to Disable Mitigation against Spectre, Variant 2 Applies to: Windows 7 Service Pack 1Windows 8.1Windows 10 More Summary Intel has reported issues with recently released microcode meant to address Spectre variant 2 (CVE 2017-5715 Branch Target Injection) – specifically Intel noted that this … Read More »
How To Protect Your Server Against the Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities PostedJanuary 10, 2018 26.6kviews SECURITY https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-server-against-the-meltdown-and-spectre-vulnerabilities What are Meltdown and Spectre? On January 4, 2018, multiple vulnerabilities in the design of modern CPUs were disclosed. Taking advantage of certain processor performance … Read More »
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A new Windows 7 update KB4056897 is now available for download. The latest security update fixes the recently discovered a significant chip-level security flaw in Intel processors. The new flaw in Intel Processors can allow an attacker to gain access to not just the kernel memory as well as the ‘entire physical memory’.
Run Ninite Pro with Nice Logs from MAXfocus POSTED ON DECEMBER 16, 2014 BY MARK BERRY I’ve deployed Ninite Pro to update non-Windows applications on computers that I manage. I’m running it in silent mode but I wanted some decent logging so I can review … Read More »
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Important information about Microsoft Meltdown CPU security fixes, antivirus vendors and you Last week, Microsoft issued January’s cumulative security fixes for January 2018. Although the media focus has been around “Meltdown” and “Spectre” CPU fixes, these patches also include a … Read More »
Meltdown and Spectre Bugs in modern computers leak passwords and sensitive data. https://meltdownattack.com/ Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware bugs allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer. While programs are typically … Read More »
The Microsoft emergency patch is KB4056892. That’s Win10 1709. KB4056891 for 1703/1607. KB4056897 for Win7/2008R2. I just had KB4058702 show up in WSUS for 1709. KB4056890 for 1607
mucho info here Meltdown & Spectre Megathread from sysadmin Relevant Sub-Threads and links on Meltdown & Spectre: US CERT link on the subject Guidance to protect against Meltdown Datacenter Performance Question Hypervisor Patching Useful Links Twitter Thread Powershell script … Read More »
How to Check and Update Windows Systems for the Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaws By Catalin Cimpanu https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-check-and-update-windows-systems-for-the-meltdown-and-spectre-cpu-flaws/ January 4, 2018 12:14 PM 3 Ever since we published our earlier article today on Microsoft releasing out-of-band Windows updates to address the Meltdown and … Read More »