News Intel discloses 34 security holes in firmware and software — Thunderbolt, XTU, chipset drivers, and more

[Admin]

Intel has disclosed 34 new security issues, which largely impact software like XTU and chipset drivers, but also firmware for Thunderbolt.

Intel discloses 34 security holes in firmware and software — Thunderbolt, XTU, chipset drivers, and more : Read more

 

[das_stig]

Looks like my Dell's will be busy updating from DCU.

 

[thestryker]

A link to the security advisories page in the article would have been helpful.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/default.html

 

[Integr8d]

Wow. AMD and Intel both release security vulnerability news on the same day... Coordinated? Opportunism? MAD?

Give us the insight, Paul, w/o ad revenue consideration.

 

[yeyibi]

At work, I won the fame of "the dude that repairs computers", so a lot of people asks me to fix their laptops, and the most common problem are broken bootloaders.

The security fixes (mostly from Microsoft) don't stop the bootloaders from breaking, and frequently are the cause. But the worst thing is that they break all the standard ways to repair the bootloaders. Nothing works anymore: MS oficial way to fix the bootloader doesn't works, their repair disks don't work, Linux rescue distros don't work, neither cloning disks in another PC works anymore.

MS breaks stuff a faster rate than it patches them.

 

[Loadedaxe]

At work, I won the fame of "the dude that repairs computers", so a lot of people asks me to fix their laptops, and the most common problem are broken bootloaders.

The security fixes (mostly from Microsoft) don't stop the bootloaders from breaking, and frequently are the cause. But the worst thing is that they break all the standard ways to repair the bootloaders. Nothing works anymore: MS oficial way to fix the bootloader doesn't works, their repair disks don't work, Linux rescue distros don't work, neither cloning disks in another PC works anymore.

MS breaks stuff a faster rate than it patches them.

This article isn't about Microsoft. It's about Intel.
Wrong thread.

 

[mac_angel]

I haven't seen any of the so called "driver updates". Especially for the chipsets.
Anyone know how to reach Intel and NOT get stuck with their 3rd party call centers that don't know F all, and lie?

 

[TJ Hooker]

I haven't seen any of the so called "driver updates". Especially for the chipsets.
Anyone know how to reach Intel and NOT get stuck with their 3rd party call centers that don't know F all, and lie?

It looks like the Intel security advisory pages include links for downloading versions of the affected software that have the vulnerabilities patched. Click on the link thestryker posted above, click on the advisory link(s) that apply to you, and then scroll down a bit.

 

[yeyibi]

This article isn't about Microsoft. It's about Intel.
Wrong thread.

Intel security features only work if the OS supports them, and the constant patches by Intel and AMD breaks the OS.

 

[yeyibi]

I haven't seen any of the so called "driver updates". Especially for the chipsets.
Anyone know how to reach Intel and NOT get stuck with their 3rd party call centers that don't know F all, and lie?

The patches are installed by the OS updates.