Over the weekend Microsoft rolled out out-of-band updates to disable mitigations for Spectre v2 attacks

Over the weekend Microsoft rolled out out-of-band updates to disable mitigations for Spectre v2 attacks Over the weekend, Microsoft rolled out out-of-band updates to disable mitigations for one of the Spectre attack variants because they can cause systems to become unstable. The situation is becoming embarrassing! Just after the release of the Meltdown and Spectre security updates Intel excluded any problems for their deployments citing testing activities of conducted by other tech […] The post Over the weekend Microsoft rolled out out-of-band updates to disable mitigations for Spectre v2 attacks appeared first on Security Affairs. Read More At -> https://blog.cripperz.sg/2018/01/29/over-the-weekend-microsoft-rolled-out-out-of-band-updates-to-disable-mitigations-for-spectre-v2-attacks-2/