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Title: Microsoft Security Advisory Notification
Issued: August 1, 2018
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Security Advisories Released or Updated on August 1, 2018
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* Microsoft Security Advisory ADV180002

 - Title: Guidance to mitigate speculative execution side-channel
   vulnerabilities
 - https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/
   advisory/ADV180002
 - Reason for Revision: Added FAQ #18 to address a high CPU 
   utilization issue some customers with an AMD-based device are 
   experiencing after installing the June or July Windows security 
   updates or after installing a BIOS update.  
 - Originally posted: January 3, 2018
 - Updated: August 1, 2018
 - Version: 23.0


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