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NetSpectre cyber attack

Leave a Comment / Cybersecurity Attacks / By Frank Crast / July 27, 2018 / CVE-2017-5753, Cyberattack, NetSpectre, Spectre

Security researchers have discovered a generic remote Spectre variant 1 attack dubbed NetSpectre that can be carried out over the network.

Cisco security updates for ASA, NX-OS Software, CPU side-channel vulnerabilities

Network Security, Security Updates & Patches, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / By Frank Crast / June 24, 2018 / ASA, Cisco, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2018-0292, CVE-2018-0296, Meltdown, NX-OS, side-channel, Spectre

Cisco released new security updates on Friday, two rated high severity and two medium severity, to address ASA, NX-OS and CPU side-channel vulnerablities that impact multiple products.

Apple releases new security updates to address Spectre

Security Updates & Patches, Vulnerabilities & Exploits / By Frank Crast / January 9, 2018 / Apple, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, High Sierra, macOS, Spectre, Vulnerabilities

Apple released macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update that includes security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate the effects of Spectre vulnerability (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715). Apple also provided a security update for Safari 11.0.2 for OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 and macOS Sierra 10.12.6, with fixes for the same Spectre vulnerabilities. The MacOS High Sierra update will already upgrade Safari to version 11.0.2 (13604.4.7.1.6) or version 11.0.2 …

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