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Microsoft and Intel, last month, confirmed a new CPU vulnerability called Downfall (GDS) which affects 7th, 8th 9th, 10th, and 11th Gen CPUs. The former has since deleted its mitigation-removal.

Forum discussion: Im not sure if this has been posted already, I didnt see it...quote:Intel and Microsoft have confirmed that almost all of Intels desktop processors, prior to 12th Gen CPUs, are vulnerable to a new Transient Execution

Microsoft and Intel have cautioned about a recent security vulnerability affecting 7th Gen, 8th Gen, 9th Gen, 10th Gen, and 11th Gen chips. This security vulnerability is called Downfall or GDS.

AMD Inception mitigations can cause CPU performance degradation of up to 54%, but most consumers don't need to worry, according to Phoronix's testing.

Two more vulnerabilities in CPUs have surfaced this week, one in Intel hardware and the other in AMD's offerings. The Intel bug, given the name Do...

According to the report published by the researchers this week, the new vulnerability affects all AMD Ryzen CPUs with Zen cores, meaning a range of processors meant...

Two new chip vulnerabilities, AMD Inception and Intel Downfall, forced Torvalds to push out Linux security fixes.

Researchers have discovered a new and powerful transient execution attack called Inception that can leak privileged secrets and data using unprivileged processes on all AMD Zen CPUs, including the latest models.

Researchers have disclosed the details of a new locally exploitable side-channel attack targeting AMD CPUs named Inception

Side-channel attacks exploit information leaks to reveal sensitive data, posing challenges to hardware and software security.