Microsoft issues security update for Intel buggy patch for Meltdown and Spectre

Affected users should manually download the security update from the Microsoft Update Catalog website. Software giant, Microsoft Corp has issued an emergency security update that plugs bugs in Intel Corp’s buggy Spectre firmware patch. Microsoft’s update comes nearly after a month following Intel’s confirmation that its chips had exploitable vulnerabilities, now known as Meltdown and…

Intel to issue another update for bugs in its latest update that targets the Meltdown vulnerability

This report is of particular importance to admins of data centers and cloud computing customers. For the IT Admins rushing to update their device drivers for Intel chips, Intel has let it be known that its recently issued patches can potentially cause computers with older Haswell and Broadwell processors to reboot more often than normal.…