Chipzilla adds to Windows IT admins security update load
While admins were busy wrangling with the mass of security patches from Microsoft, Adobe, and SAP last week, Intel slipped out a fix for a potentially serious flaw in its Software Guard Extensions (SGX) technology. Chipzilla's January 8 update addresses CVE-2018-18098, an issue Intel describes as an "improper file verification" that can be exploited on Windows machines to escalate privileges. In effect, the security blunder can be leveraged by malware running on a system, or rogue logged-in user...