Security flaw means AMD Zen CPUs can be "jailbroken"

Google's researchers found a vulnerability in AMD Zen 1 - 4 chips It allows anyone to push microcode updates, even malicious ...
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Intel CPUs Face Renewed Data Leak Threat As Spectre Mitigations Fall Short

Intel is once again in the crosshairs of a fresh speculative execution exploit, this time dubbed "Branch Privilege Injection." The new vulnerability, revealed by researchers at ETH Zurich's COMSEC ...
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Arrow Lake microcode fails to resolve performance problems

More woe for Chipzilla Chipzilla’s latest “0x114” microcode update appears unable to resolve persistent performance issues plaguing its Arrow Lake-S processors. Recent benchmarks have revealed further ...
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Intel still vulnerable to Spectre data-leak vulnerabilities, researchers say

Researchers from ETH Zurich found a way around Spectre mitigations on Intel The chipmaker released microcode patch ARM and AMD chips are not affected this time Spectre, a series of chip ...