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A security researcher designed a way to "weaponize" microcode updates to install ransomware directly onto the CPU. Rapid7 ...

"Ransomware at the CPU level, microcode alteration, and if you are in the CPU or the firmware, you will bypass every freaking ...

A security researcher says he's made ransomware that can be installed and run on a processor's microcode, which would be ...

The hardware exploits, tracked as CVE-2024-28956 and CVE-2025-24495, can be used against Intel CPUs to leak kernel memory at ...

The new attack method can leak privileged kernel memory on CPUs released in the past six years that have hardware mitigations ...

When homebrewing a CPU, one has to deal with microcode. Microcode is the low-level nuts and bolts of how, precisely, a CPU executes instructions (like opcodes) and performs functions such as ...

When AMD finally issued patches for its critical microcode security hole on Monday, it said that the glitch 'could lead to the loss of Secure Encrypted Virtualization protection.' AMD on Monday ...

Intel has finally provided an update on instability issues on 13th-gen and 14th-gen CPUs. An update posted by Thomas Hannaford, Intel’s communications manager, pins ...

A fix is here, but only for fresh Intel CPUs that aren't already affected. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Many PC gamers ...

Intel has released another update for its processors in the long-running saga of instability issues with its 14th-gen and 13th-gen chips. This is a supplement to a previous patch (equally catchily ...