Almost all major OS vendors released security patches yesterday after a researcher discovered that some OS makers have misinterpreted an Intel CPU debug feature and left their systems open to attacks. Source: Multiple OS Vendors Release Security Patches After Misinterpreting Intel Docs
Scotty Allen loves to tinker. He followed up on his recent project manually expanding the … Source: Hack a broken iPhone memory chip into a USB thumbdrive
Researchers have found eight new flaws in computer central processing units that resemble the Meltdown and Spectre bugs revealed in January, a German computing magazine reported on Thursday. Source: ‘Next generation’ flaws found on computer processors: magazine
A Romanian hardware expert has published proof-of-concept code on GitHub that will crash most Windows computers within seconds, even if the computer is in a locked state. Source: PoC Code Published for Triggering an Instant BSOD on All Recent Windows Versions
May 1, 2018
iOS 11.3.1 Fixes That Thing Where Third-Party Screen Repairs Made iPhone 8 Touchscreens Stop Working
Apple has released iOS 11.3.1, which includes what the tech giant says is a fix for an issue where people who used third-party repair services to replace their displays had their devices become unresponsive. Source: iOS 11.3.1 Fixes That Thing Where Third-Party Screen Repairs Made iPhone 8 Touchscreens Stop Working