Late last year, the CEO of Intel sold millions of dollars in company stock, as CEOs often do. The sale appears to have occurred while developers were reportedly rushing to fix a major security flaw affecting Intel processors made in the last decade. Source: Intel Says CEO Dumping Tons of Stock Last Year ‘Unrelated’ to Big Security Exploit
Source: Microsoft issues emergency Windows update for processor security bugs – The Verge
January 4, 2018
HP Recalls Batteries for Notebook Computers and Mobile Workstations Due to Fire and Burn Hazards
Consumers should immediately visit www.HP.com/go/batteryprogram2018 to see if their battery is included in the recall and for instructions on how to enable “Battery Safety Mode” if their battery is included in the recall. The website provides consumers instructions on how to initiate the validation utility to check their battery and what to download if their battery is included in the recall. These batteries are not customer-replaceable. HP will provide free battery replacement services by an
Google has just published details on two vulnerabilities named Meltdown and Spectre that in the company’s assessment affect “every processor [released] since 1995.” Source: Google: Almost All CPUs Since 1995 Vulnerable To “Meltdown” And “Spectre” Flaws
Other OSes will need an update, performance hits loom Source: ‘Kernel memory leaking’ Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign