The computer industry is scrambling on Wednesday to patch a massive security vulnerability that’s present in the processors used on almost all the computers in the world. The vulnerabilities could allow a hacker to steal information stored in the memory of a wide range of computer chips running on personal devices — not just computers and phones, but also the servers in data centers, including […]
A report alleging Intel chips have a security flaw is moving semiconductor stocks. The British tech website Register reported Tuesday that some Intel processors have a “fundamental design flaw” that will spur a significant security update of Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems to work around it. Shares of AMD were up 5.2 percent Wednesday, while Intel’s stock declined 3.4 percent. “Programmers are scrambling to[…..]
AMD and Nvidia will benefit from Intel’s chip security vulnerability and related performance issues, according to one Wall Street firm. British tech website The Register reported Tuesday that some Intel processors have a “fundamental design flaw” and security vulnerability, which spurred the company to confirm the exploit later in the day. Shares of AMD and Nvidia rose 5.2 percent and 6.6 percent, respectively, Wednesday, while[…..]
Microsoft, Amazon, and Google said they are working on updates to cloud services and other products to prevent exploitation of chip-level security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities, which were publicly disclosed by the Register on Tuesday, could allow a hacker to steal information stored in the memory of a wide range of computer chips running on personal devices, like computers, as well as servers in data centers,[…..]