Nomura/Instinet Remains Bullish on Intel (INTC) Following Call

Businesses cautious in installing patches to fix chip flaw

By Stephen Nellis and Jim Finkle

(Reuters) - Chances that a fix to a major microchip security flaw may slow down or crash some computer systems are leading some businesses to hold off installing software patches, fearing the cure may be worse than the original problem.

Researchers this week revealed security problems with chips from Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) and many of its rivals, sending businesses, governments and consumers scrambling to understand the extent of the threat and the cost of fixes.

Rather than rushing to put on patches, a costly and... More

Stocks with Implied Volatility Movement

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) implied volatility has had increased movement

Intel says performance impact of security updates not significant

(Reuters) - Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) said fixes for security issues in its microchips would not slow down computers, rebuffing concerns that the flaws found in microprocessors would significantly reduce performance.

The performance impact of the recent security updates should not be significant and will be mitigated over time, Intel said late on Thursday, adding that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:... More

Intel (INTC) Provides Update on Security Issues, Says Intel and Its Partners have Made Significant Progress

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has developed and is rapidly issuing updates for all types of Intel-based computer systems including personal computers and servers that render those systems immune from both exploits (referred to as Spectre and Meltdown) reported by Google Project Zero. Intel and its partners have made significant progress in deploying updates as both software patches and... More

How a researcher hacked his own computer and found 'worst' chip flaw

By Douglas Busvine

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daniel Gruss didn't sleep much the night he hacked his own computer and exposed a flaw in most of the chips made in the past two decades by hardware giant Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC).

The 31-year-old information security researcher and post-doctoral fellow at Austria's Graz Technical University had just breached the inner sanctum of his computer's central processing unit (CPU) and stolen secrets from it.

Until that moment, Gruss and colleagues Moritz Lipp and Michael Schwarz had thought such an attack on the... More

Pre-Open Movers 01/04: (CNET) (APOP) (ZUMZ) Higher; (LB) (ROKU) (TSLA) Lower (more...)

Pre-Open Stock Movers

ChinaNet (NASDAQ: CNET) 181.2% HIGHER; announced a strategic partnership with Wuxi Jingtum Network Technology, the credible blockchain ecology builder and announced the expansion into the blockchain industry and its related technology. Both companies will utilize their respective advantages and exchange... More

Dow tops 25,000 milestone; Wall St extends New Year's rally

By Caroline Valetkevitch

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow industrials broke above the 25,000 level for the first time on Thursday and other major indexes hit closing record highs again, propelled by strong global economic data that extended the New Year's rally for the stock market.

The 30-member blue-chip index crossed five 1,000-point marks in 2017 on solid corporate earnings and hopes for a pro-growth agenda by U.S. President Donald Trump.

It took less than a year for the Dow to add a 5,000-point milestone, which is the fastest since the index was created in May 1896.

Intel (INTC) weekly volatility bid, CEO said he believes the company has the "right fixes" in place for the recently reported security flaw

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) January weekly call option implied volatility is at 47, January is at 26, February is at 27; compared to its 52-week range of 14 to 27 into the CEO said he believes the company has the "right fixes" in place for the recently reported security flaw.

Stocks with Implied Volatility Movement

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) implied volatility has had increased movement

After-Hours Movers 01/03: (ZUMZ) (AMD) (MNTA) Higher; (RAD) (ARE) (TSLA) Lower (more...)

After-Hours Movers

Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) 14.4% HIGHER; announced that total net sales for the five-week period ended December 30, 2017 increased 11.4% to $160.0 million, compared to $143.6 million for the five-week period ended December 31, 2016. The Company's comparable sales increased 7.9% for the five-week period compared to a comparable sales increase of 3.4% in the year ago period. Due primarily to stronger than expected quarter-to-date sales and product margin performance, the Company is increasing guidance and now expects fiscal 2017 fourth quarter comparable sales growth of approximately 7%, and earnings per share between $0.88 and $0.90. This compares to the previous... More

Intel (INTC) Says Most Applications Show Zero to 2% Performance Impact - Bloomberg, Citing Conf. Call

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Says Most Applications Show Zero to 2% Performance Impact - Bloomberg, Citing Conf. Call

Intel (INTC) Says Exploit Allows Access to Privileged Information

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) said on a conference call that exploits related to a reported security flaw can allow access to privileged information but doesn't allow malicious code or to stop the computer, according to Bloomberg. Fixes will take time to deploy.

Intel sees no material impact to its business.

(Updated)

AMD (AMD) Says There is Near Zero Risk to Its Processors at this Time - Bloomberg

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) said differences in its microprocessor architecture lead the company to believe there is near zero risk to its chips, according to Bloomberg, citing an email statement.

Comments follow earlier reports describing a flaw in Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) chips, which it refuted as inaccurate.

(Update)

AMD (AMD) chips are affected by security flaw that also affects Intel ( INTC) - Reuters

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) chips are affected by security flaw that also affects Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) - Reuters

Intel (INTC) CEO to Appear on CNBC

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) CEO to Appear on CNBC

Coming up shortly on @CNBC: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich joins @CNBCClosingBell exclusively. https://t.co/NHTzaIwq9B pic.twitter.com/le9T7bKqpj

Intel (INTC) Responds to Security Research Findings

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and other technology companies have been made aware of new security research describing software analysis methods that, when used for malicious purposes, have the potential to improperly gather sensitive data from computing 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 by a bug or a flaw... More

Apple (AAPL) Has Already Partially Implemented Fix in macOS for Intel (INTC) CPU Security Flaw - Apple Insider

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) as Already Partially Implemented Fix in macOS for Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) CPU Security Flaw - Apple Insider

Deutsche Bank Maintains Buy on Intel (INTC) Following Reported Security Flaw in Chips

Deutsche Bank maintains Buy on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) price target of $50.00.

Analyst Ross Seymore comments "We dont have incremental insight as to the technical accuracy nor how pervasive it may be, and neither can we endorse or refute it given the technical... More

Intel (INTC) volatility increases as shares sell off on processor design flaw report

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) January weekly call option implied volatility is at 34, January is at 25, February is at 26; compared to its 52-week range of 14 to 27 after shares sold off on processor design flaw report from The Register.

Intel (INTC) Falls to Low, Down 4.1%

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Falls to Low, Down 4.1%

Intel (INTC) Flaw Could Benefit AMD (AMD) - BofA/Merrill Lynch

BofA/Merrill Lynch maintains Buy on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) price target of $49.00.

ANalyst Vivek Arya believes the news is "probably good for AMD either way" and believes that should the INTC firmware require and upgrade which results in a slowdown of... More

Intel (INTC) Processor Design Flaw Unlikely To Be Material To Earnings - Raymond James

Raymond James maintains Underperform on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC).

The analyst comments "While the situation, if true, would certainly represent a black eye for Intel, the likelihood is that the financial impact is limited. There are still few alternatives to Intel, and a... More

Pre-Open Movers 01/03: (SCG) (HGSH) (TRVN) Higher; (CYH) (MGI) (D) Lower (more...)

Today's Pre-Open Movers

SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG) 22.9% HIGHER; Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D) and SCANA Corporation (NYSE:... More

Buy Intel (INTC) on Weakness Amid Overblown Design Flaw Concerns - Stifel

Stifel analyst Kevin Cassidy is telling clients to buy Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) on this morning's weakness based on a report by The Register highlighting a design flaw in Intels 64-bit x86 CPUs.

According to the article the design flaw is requiring... More

Nokia (NOK), T-Mobile US (TMUS), and Intel (INTC) Bring T-Mobile's First Commercial Hardware based 5G 28 GHz Cell on Air

Nokia (NYSE: NOK), T-Mobile (Nasdaq: TMUS) and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) have reached a major milestone in their 5G collaboration by bringing a 28 GHz outdoor 5G commercial radio system on air in the busy downtown corridor of Bellevue in Washington state. A data session was conducted on a 28 GHz radio in a field test environment using the Nokia 5G commercial AirScale solution and the 5G Mobile Trial Platform (MTP) from Intel, enabling T-Mobile to deploy its first inter-vendor 5G network. This collaboration... More

Intel (INTC) volatility flat as shares sell off in premarket on processor design flaw report from The Register

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) January weekly call option implied volatility is at 20, January is at 19, February is at 25; compared to its 52-week range of 14 to 27 into shares trading lower in the premarket on processor design flaw report from The Register.

Intel (INTC) on Watch Amid Reports of Security Flaw

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was in focus Wednesday morning as traders discussed multiple reports of a security flaw. According to The Register, a design flaw in its processor... More