By Darren Allan
Intel has pushed out a revamped Spectre patch which solves the previous issues that plagued the fix, but the bad news is it’s only been deployed for Skylake-powered PCs right now.
The new patch has been cured of the previous stability issues which triggered multiple system reboots in some cases, and led to Intel recommending that users shouldn’t install its own fix, as you may well recall.
Those who have Skylake Core or Core m processors should go ahead and install this fresh fix pronto. Although there isn’t any exploit targeting Spectre in the wild yet, one could be on the verge of emerging any day now.
In a blog post, Navin Shenoy, executive VP and general manager of the Data Center Group at Intel, noted: “These updates will be made available in most cases through OEM firmware updates. I can’t emphasize enough how critical it is for everyone to always keep their systems up-to-date. Research tells us there is frequently a substantial lag between when people receive updates and when they actually implement them. In today’s environment, that must change.”
Patchy service
Of course, folks would have been protected much sooner if the initial patch had worked as it should…
And that’s …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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