Intel responds to reports of processor security flaw, says other manufacturers are affected

Updated 7:xxx PM ET: Researchers have at present disclosed ii new exploits that impact virtually all modern processors from ARM, Intel, and AMD. Microsoft has also issued an emergency patch for Windows users.

Initial reports suggested that the security flaw, which reportedly would let attackers to access sensitive data such as passwords and files cached on a disk, affects Intel processors released over the past ten years. Still, in its response, Intel says that the event isn't unique to Intel products, and the company is working with other vendors on a solution. From Intel:

Intel is committed to product and customer security and is working closely with many other technology companies, including AMD, ARM Holdings and several operating system vendors, to develop an manufacture-wide approach to resolve this result promptly and constructively.

Intel also used its response to push back on the idea that forthcoming fixes will have a "significant" impact on performance.

Opposite to some reports, any performance impacts are workload-dependent, and, for the average figurer user, should not be significant and will be mitigated over fourth dimension.

For its part, ARM has confirmed in a statement to Fortune that it is working with Intel and AMD on mitigating the attack. Further, the ARM spokesperson stressed that "this is not an architectural flaw; this method only works if a certain type of malicious lawmaking is already running on a device and could at worst effect in small pieces of data existence accessed from privileged retentiveness."

AMD as well confirmed to Fortune that its chips were affected past some related security exploits, but the company pressed that "due to differences in AMD'south compages, nosotros believe there is a nigh zero risk to AMD processors at this time."

You can read Intel's full response below:

Intel and other technology companies have been made enlightened of new security research describing software analysis methods that, when used for malicious purposes, take the potential to improperly gather sensitive information from calculating devices that are operating as designed. Intel believes these exploits do not have the potential to corrupt, modify or delete data.

Recent reports that these exploits are caused past a "issues" or a "flaw" and are unique to Intel products are incorrect. Based on the analysis to date, many types of computing devices — with many dissimilar vendors' processors and operating systems — are susceptible to these exploits.

Intel is committed to product and customer security and is working closely with many other applied science companies, including AMD, ARM Holdings and several operating system vendors, to develop an industry-broad approach to resolve this issue promptly and constructively. Intel has begun providing software and firmware updates to mitigate these exploits. Contrary to some reports, any performance impacts are workload-dependent, and, for the boilerplate computer user, should not be significant and volition be mitigated over time.

Intel is committed to the industry best practice of responsible disclosure of potential security bug, which is why Intel and other vendors had planned to disclose this issue next calendar week when more software and firmware updates volition be bachelor. Nonetheless, Intel is making this statement today because of the current inaccurate media reports.

Check with your operating organisation vendor or system manufacturer and apply any available updates every bit soon as they are bachelor. Following good security practices that protect confronting malware in general will likewise help protect confronting possible exploitation until updates can be applied.

Intel believes its products are the most secure in the world and that, with the support of its partners, the current solutions to this issue provide the best possible security for its customers.

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