Windows 10: Intel Security Issue Update: Progress Continues on Firmware Updates

Is the 'Intel SA-00086' bug the same as meltdown. I ran the checker from Intel and it says my processor is not vulnerable.
But when i run InSpectre (from GRC) it says I am not meltdown protected. ?

Are they completely different vulnerabilities ?

 

Nope, different, little bit older, animal:

Intel Product Security Center

 

Glad to see Intel actually planning on supporting legacy CPUs - my Bloomfield is on there, as well as my previous process, Core 2 Quad 6600....

Hopefully they will actually get patches. As well as betting BIOS source code out to vendors for legacy board series, like x58, x79, etc.

 

Intel yes, vendors... on hardware older than 2 years though?
That's a good one, sorry John, I had to let that one out though....*092

 

eVGA has already stated (and I've posted the link here from eVGA tech LeeM) that they will update older BIOSs for machines they can now, and are awaiting source code from Intel for others (including my X58 line) before updating them.

 

Waiting patiently for my bios updates for my G11CD-K system and my HP Omen 15-ce019dx laptop then I can relax as those 2 will be hopefully all fine lol, other household machines that are older just gonna keep Avast on and updated, and all other software updated probably best I can do, as doubt the older ones will get a bios or microcode update

 

Great to hear, there are vendors that stand behind the older hardware.
But I doubt ASUS will update my X54C laptop*Sad(Sandy Bridge B960 chip)

 

Hi,
@johngalt :

Tu quoque ?
I also have one of these cpus in a Dell Optiplex 745. Me thinks the only way to keep it secure will be by not using it.....

I just patched a 4 year old Haswell yesterday. So there's hope.



Cheers, *Wink

 

*Roflmao2*ROFLMAO2

We've had this discussion before - the only way anything we have is gonna be truly safe is if we stop connecting it to anything, and stop anything to it.

I don't have that previous processor in use, it's already packed away in a closet awaiting further use as something else (I've toyed with the idea of making it a headless physical firewall, but only in my mind, as I really don't have the space for it either), so all it does now is gather dust.

 

Hi,

LOL. Same here and I can add a Vista era Acer laptop to the list and I should put the Haswell Fujitsu on sale as well as the Skylake from last year if I don't want to lose too much $ on these.

Guess I may just as well rip the old Dell apart and put the cpu, dram and psu on ebay..... Nice paperweight for now though...........

Oh, Inspectre V 6.0 is out in case someone would like to stay current on that.

Cheers, *Wink

 

ASRock

 

This sounds positive, so maybe I don't need to update the BIOS for my Skylake machine? It's something I'd much rather avoid. I've done it before but it's not a task taken lightly and I stand by the fact that 99.9% of the windows user base will not be updating their BIOS, most of them won't even know it exists. In my family I'm the only one aware of the BIOS and even about this threat. MS needs to psuh all that needs to be done through windows update to ensure the issue is covered as much as possible among it's user base

 

Knowing what the vulnerabilities are and how they are fixed would be a good thing.

 

Hi,
I'd add and are these vulnerabilities like hitting the lottery getting exploited by one
Personally it seems more of an exaggeration than anything.

 

To bee honest, something new will be found after these are fixed.
It's getting bad enough to make me want to buy and subscribe to this: Bitdefender BOX - Smart Home Cybersecurity Hub
But it's only in the U.S: so I'm SOL on that.

But the B-BOX has interested me since it came out, I find it pretty neat.