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Tag: meltdown

VMware patches new Intel speculative execution microarchitectural data sampling MDS vulnerability
VMware

VMware patches new Intel speculative execution microarchitectural data sampling MDS vulnerability

Perhaps the biggest security news of 2018 was the CPU flaws discovered with speculative execution vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs specifically and also AMD flaws discovered as well. Over a year…

by Brandon LeeMay 15, 2019January 11, 2021
New Intel Vulnerability Foreshadow L1 Terminal Fault VMware Affected
Security

New Intel Vulnerability Foreshadow L1 Terminal Fault VMware Affected

Yet another security vulnerability has been discovered that is based on the Spectre and Meltdown attacks found in Intel processors. The new exploit is called Foreshadow and exploits Intel’s SGX…

by Brandon LeeAugust 16, 2018January 11, 2021
Runecast Analyzer 1.7 vSAN Support Visualization Improvements and New Web Plugins
VMware

Runecast Analyzer 1.7 vSAN Support Visualization Improvements and New Web Plugins

When it comes to supporting, maintaining, and operationalizing a VMware vSphere environment, everything needs to be carried out in accordance with best practices. VMware is the expert of their own…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 20, 2018January 11, 2021
Is Meltdown fixed in Intel Xeon D-2100 Processor?
Processors

Is Meltdown fixed in Intel Xeon D-2100 Processor?

The Intel Meltdown vulnerability and then the more general and broad vulnerability in Spectre have certainly been one of the most talked about hardware security vulnerabilities in modern history.  The…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 10, 2018January 11, 2021
Critical bugs of Intel Processors revealed. AMD and ARM chips are also affected.
Security

Critical bugs of Intel Processors revealed. AMD and ARM chips are also affected.

What’s All the Fuss About the Intel Bugs? At the beginning of this year, Google’s Project Zero made a bombshell of an announcement: they had discovered critical security flaws affecting…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 19, 2018January 11, 2021
Roll Back VMware Meltdown and Spectre Microcode Patch
VMware

Roll Back VMware Meltdown and Spectre Microcode Patch

Update 1.24.2018 with William Lam PowerCLI code link The last several days have certainly been a rollercoaster ride for VMware administrators and others who have been keeping a close eye…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 16, 2018January 11, 2021
VMware Performance Impact of Meltdown and Spectre Patches
VMware

VMware Performance Impact of Meltdown and Spectre Patches

Update 3.20.2018 – VMware has released vSphere 6.5 U1G which has a newly released microcode update Update 1.17.2018 – Firmware Updates and Initial Performance Data for Data Center Systems Update…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 10, 2018January 11, 2021
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