Intel updates on security issues

Intel Update on Security Issues: Releasing Firmware Updates for Generation 6, Gen 7 and Gen 8 Intel Core Processors, Intel Xeon Extensible Processors and More

Sunnai, executive vice president and general manager of data center division at Intel Corp.

Over the past few weeks, we've been developing and validating newer microcode solutions to protect users from potential security breaches that have been disclosed by the Google Project Zero team, and extensive testing has been conducted by our customers and industry partners to ensure The updated version comes in. On behalf of Intel, I would like to thank all our customers and partners for their hard work and cooperation throughout the process.

Based on these efforts, we have now released product micro-code updates to OEM customers and partners for Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake and more Skylake platforms, covering not only our sixth, seventh and The 8th generation Intel® Core ™ product line, and our newest Intel® Core ™ X Series processors, as well as our recently announced Intel® Xeon® scalable and Intel® Xeon® D processors for data center systems.

Most of the new microcode will be provided through the OEM firmware update. I hereby continue to appeal to you, please update your system to the latest version in time. You can also check the detailed schedule and current status of the microcode update plan online.

We have noticed that in some cases there are several viable defense technologies that can provide protection against potential security threats, including the 'Retpoline' defensive technology that Google developed for Variant 2. If you are interested in learning more about Retpoline and its work For more information on the principles, see our recent white paper, which Google also provides about Retpoline.

I look forward to sharing more updates as soon as possible and once again sincerely thank all Intel customers and industry partners for their ongoing support.

Note: Original English link https://newsroom.intel.com/news/latest-intel-security-news-updated-firmware-available/

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