IntelCorpdidnotinformU.S.cybersecurityofficialsoftheso-calledMeltdownandSpectrechipsecurityflawsuntiltheyleakedtothepublic,sixmonthsafterAlphabetIncnotifiedthec
Alphabet’sGooglesaidonThursdayithadalreadydeployedsoftwarepatchesagainsttheSpectreandMeltdownchipsetsecurityflawslastyear,withoutslowingdownitscloudservices.The
Intelhasbeenhitwithatleastthreeclass-actionlawsuitsoverthemajorprocessorvulnerabilitiesrevealedthisweek.Theflaws,calledMeltdownandSpectre,existwithinvirtuallyal
In the world of computer security, the bad guys are always 10 steps ahead of the good guys. But next month the mad scientists at the government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will bring together a group of the world’s best computer security experts to see if they can tip the scales in the good guys’ favor for once.