Intel CEO Pledges Commitment to Security Following Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities

[Cmdrx3]

Where there is software there are vulnerabilities and I won't be surprised if there isn't more to come.

 

[bernuli]

As you said, there continues to be "clear, concise and comprehensive" info on this matter. Mitigation is a very temporary solution and I think give a false sense of security.

By now I would think hardware vendors would have firmware patches but they don't seem to be rolling out.

I expected to see a firmware update for Apple hardware by now. Fixing it in the OS is not the best solution as there are people who do not want to be running High Sierra or iOS 11+

Anyone have any updated info?

What is misleading is all of the smoke and mirrors coming from the tech companies. It is important to know, for example that Spectre V2 cannot be fixed apart from a change in hardware. (Mitigation is not the same as elimination of the security hole.) It is also important to know which CPUs from which companies are affected--something which is not easy to find. It will also be important to know when CPUs are released which have the hardware changes to eliminate that particular attack vector.

I posted because there is a lack of clear, concise and comprehensive information about this issue and I am trying to find the truth. The consumer has a right to know what they are purchasing (if new hardware still has the security flaws) and how their past purchases will be affected by new patches, including both performance and security.

I wonder whether tech sites will have the fortitude to track this issue with regard to future processors from Intel, AMD, and ARM.