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Windows 10 security: Microsoft issues Intel microcode updates against MDS attacks

June 4, 2019

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Microsoft has released new Intel microcode updates for older versions of Windows 10 to address the recently disclosed Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) attacks that affect Intel CPUs.

Microsoft has already released software updates to address the four MDS speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities, known as Zombieload, RIDL, and Fallout, and the company has now released Intel microcode updates that are required to be fully protected.

The new Intel microcode updates from Microsoft, spotted by BleepingComputer, are for some older versions of Windows 10. The updates are available from the Microsoft update Catalog website.

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