Microsoft releases KB4497165 and KB4558130 microcode updates for Windows 10 to fix Intel security flaws

Earlier in the year, Intel announced that it had completed software validations on fixes for a series of security flaws affecting many of its processors discovered a couple of years ago. Now Microsoft, in conjunction with the chip-maker, released microcode updates for Windows 10 to fix these issues. The four problems are connected to the now-infamous Spectre and Meltdown flaws from 2018. They relate to problems with the speculative execution function of many chips, and could allow for sensitive data to leak. See also: Microsoft releases KB4571744 update to fix lots of Windows 10 problems Microsoft pushes out KB4023057 yet… [Continue Reading]