Apple confirms: its machines including Mac and iPhone are affected by the Meltdown and Specter flaws, some fixes already available

Yesterday we mentioned the fact that flaws in
major IT security issues had beenpublicly revealed.
They affect a large majority of Intel processors, regardless of the
operating system. However, large IT companies are at
common for a while and Apple has already implemented measures.

The Cupertino company has just confirmed thatall Macs
and iOS devices are affected, but she took the
ahead by implementingfixesIniOS 11.2,
macOS 10.13.2 and tvOS 11.2. Note thatthe Apple Watch is not
not concernedthrough these flaws.

On the two Meltdown and Specter faults,the first was already
correctedby Apple with the recent updates of its various
operating systems, namely iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2 and tvOS 11.2.
However, Apple has not specified whether older versions of its systems
operating systems have benefited from fixes for Metldown.

Apple claims that for the moment, there would be nono attacks
knownaffecting users, because to use these flaws, it
asks you to download a pirated app on a Mac or iOS device. He
It is therefore recommended to only download software from
trusted sources like the App Store.

Regarding the Meltdown flaw, Apple plansin the next
daysto apply apatch update to Safari
to prevent malicious people and organizations from
enjoy.

Many users were concerned that the fixes would harm
performance of their machines, however, Apple has confirmed that the solutions
implemented by its teams do not result inno drop in
performance of macOS and iOS.

As a reminder, the two Meltdown and Specter flaws offer access to memory
central processor. This allows hackers to recover
the information it contains, such as passwords, emails,
hidden files from hard drive or other sensitive and private data.
Otherwise, these loopholes also open the way to take advantage of other
security weaknesses and thus cause even more damage
important

Are you up to date with iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2 and tvOS 11.2?

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