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Spectre issues were never completely fixed
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Monday, 21 October 2024 11:26

Spectre issues were never completely fixed


Patches falling short

Six years after disclosing the Spectre transient execution processor design flaws, boffins still voice concerns about incomplete fixes.

More than 70 percent of Microsoft patches are for memory problems
Published in PC Hardware


Mostly because of C and C++

More than 70 percent of Microsoft patches are for memory safety bugs.

Oracle’s patching process sparks zero-day release
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Oh those Russians

A Russian security researcher who was so miffed at the glacial pace of Oracle’s patching  released details of a zero-day vulnerability without warning them.

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