Intel patch for Spectre NG delayed until May 21

Posted on Monday, May 07 2018 @ 23:18 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Last week, it was revealed that researchers discovered eight more security flaws in Intel processor. Dubbed Spectre NG (next generation), these flaws included four critical vulnerabilities.

In a new report, German tech site Heise writes that Intel has delayed the rollout of patches for Spectre NG by at least two weeks, to May 21.

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