Can Spectre, Meltdown etc mitigations be bypassed? Can Spectre, Meltdown etc mitigations be bypassed? I noticed Chrome have updated their browser with a ' new security feature' that will keep users safe from Spectre etc, however it will use 10-13% more RAM because of the increased number of processes running in real time
Microsoft June 2025 Security Updates - Windows 10 Forums June 2025 Security Updates This release consists of the following 66 Microsoft CVEs: Tag CVE Base Score CVSS Vector Exploitability FAQs? Workarounds? Mitigations? Windows Storage Management Provider CVE-2025-24065 Windows Storage Management Provider CVE-2
Spectre mitigations in MSVC - Windows 10 Forums The mitigations for variant 2 and variant 3 are outside the scope of this post but are explained in Terry’s post In this post, we’ll provide an overview of variant 1 and describe the steps that we’ve taken with the MSVC compiler to provide mitigation assistance What actions do developers need to take? If you are a developer whose code operates on data that crosses a trust boundary then
Enable or Disable Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings Deploy Exploit protection mitigations across your organization | Microsoft Docs This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to change Exploit protection settings in Windows Security in Windows 10
Microsoft SpeculationControl PowerShell scripts for Windows 10 and 11 This article provides details about the SpeculationControl PowerShell script that helps determine the state of the mitigations for the listed CVEs that require additional registry settings and, in some cases, firmware updates
KB5042562 Guidance for blocking rollback of VBS security updates Available mitigations For all supported versions of Windows 10, version 1809 and later Windows versions, and Windows Server 2019 and later Windows Server versions, administrators can deploy a Microsoft-signed revocation policy (SkuSiPolicy p7b) This will block vulnerable versions of VBS system files that are not updated from being loaded by the operating system Note Additional mitigations
Microsoft May 2025 Security Updates - Windows 10 Forums May 2025 Security Updates This release consists of the following 78 Microsoft CVEs: Tag CVE Base Score CVSS Vector Exploitability FAQs? Workarounds? Mitigations? Visual Studio Code CVE-2025-21264 Windows Kernel CVE-2025-24063 NET, Visual Studio, and Buil
Microsoft releases workaround for CVE-2022-0001 Specter Vulnerability We are providing the following registry information to enable the mitigations for this CVE Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully
Microsoft April 2025 Security Updates - Windows 10 Forums April 2025 Security Updates This release consists of the following 126 Microsoft CVEs: Tag CVE Base Score CVSS Vector Exploitability FAQs? Workarounds? Mitigations? Visual Studio Code CVE-2025-20570 Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service CVE-2
Windows client guidance for IT Pros to protect against speculative Why did Microsoft only release new microcode updates from Intel for older versions of WIndows 10? In any case, it sounds like the mitigations against the Microarchitectural Data Sampling side-channel vulnerabilities basically don't work with Hyper-Threading enabled