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Title: Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws: How to protect your Mac and iOS devices Post by: HCK on January 29, 2018, 04:05:12 pm Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws: How to protect your Mac and iOS devices
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Surely by now you’ve heard about the Spectre and Meltdown CPU flaws (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3245606/security/intel-x86-cpu-kernel-bug-faq-how-it-affects-pc-mac.html), but you might not fully understand what the issue is and how you can protect yourself against the risks. We’re here to help. Here’s how these vulnerabilities (https://www.macworld.com/article/3245778/apple-phone/apple-meltdown-spectre-cpu-flaws-statement.html) affect your Apple devices and what you can so to keep them safe.</p><p><strong>Update 01/25/18:</strong> Apple has released iOS 11.2.5 (https://www.macworld.com/article/3250825/operating-systems/apple-releases-ios-11-2-5-with-homepod-support-siri-news-and-bug-fixes.html) and MacOS 10.13.3 (https://www.macworld.com/article/3250690/os-x/macos-high-sierra-10-13-3.html) to further protect against Spectre exploits.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3246007/security/protect-your-mac-meltdown-spectre-faq.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws: How to protect your Mac and iOS devices (https://www.macworld.com/article/3246007/security/protect-your-mac-meltdown-spectre-faq.html#tk.rss_all) |