The Intel Processor Microcode Update (MCU) Package provides a mechanism to release updates for security advisories and functional issues, including errata. In addition, MCUs are responsible for ...

Google researchers recently published proof-of-concept code demonstrating the ability to create malicious microcode patches on AMD processors from Zen 1 through Zen 4. This vulnerability would allow ...

The recent microcode-20251111 release didn't include a link to security advisory page. I guess it's because this release is not a security patch but a functional patch. Advantage of security advisory ...

Opinion All malicious attacks on digital systems have one common aim: taking control. Mostly, that means getting a CPU somewhere to turn traitor, running code that silently steals or scrambles your ...

My understanding was that a CPU microcode update is stored in non-volatile memory on the motherboard and is loaded by the BIOS or UEFI into volatile memory on the CPU during boot. And because the ...

Motherboard vendors have started to deploy BIOS updates based on the AGESA 1.2.0.3C firmware. The new BIOS addresses a critical security vulnerability in AMD's Zen 5 chips found last month. This ...