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Intel didn't tell US cyber officials about chip flaws until made public

IntelCorpdidnotinformU.S.cybersecurityofficialsoftheso-calledMeltdownandSpectrechipsecurityflawsuntiltheyleakedtothepublic,sixmonthsafterAlphabetIncnotifiedthec

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Google says its security patches not slowing down systems

Alphabet’sGooglesaidonThursdayithadalreadydeployedsoftwarepatchesagainsttheSpectreandMeltdownchipsetsecurityflawslastyear,withoutslowingdownitscloudservices.The

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Intel facing class-action lawsuits over Meltdown and Spectre bugs

Intelhasbeenhitwithatleastthreeclass-actionlawsuitsoverthemajorprocessorvulnerabilitiesrevealedthisweek.Theflaws,calledMeltdownandSpectre,existwithinvirtuallyal

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The coolest US agency is starting a "revolution" to get rid of computer viruses

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.