#cpu bug

“If your Apple device is running one of the following operating systems, you’re already (at least partially) protected against Meltdown attacks: macOS 10.13.2 or later; iOS 11.2 or later; tvOS 11.2 or later; watchOS,” Joshua Long writes for Intego. “It’s important to note that Apple often releases security-only updates for the two previous versions of macOS, in this case Sierra and El Capitan.…

“Apple has confirmed that all Macs, iPhones, iPads and other devices (bar Apple Watch) are vulnerable to the newly-revealed Spectre and Meltdown Intel, ARM and AMD processor vulnerabilities,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld. “Both Meltdown and Spectre take advantage of speculative execution to access privileged memory — including kernel memory — from a less-privileged user process such as a…

Apple today posted the following support document regarding the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws. Here it is, verbatim:

About speculative execution vulnerabilities in ARM-based and Intel CPUs

Security researchers have recently uncovered security issues known by two names, Meltdown and Spectre. These issues apply to all modern processors and affect nearly all computing devices and…

“Following clarification that what was initially reported as an Intel chip bug also affects AMD processors and ARM-based chips, Intel’s CEO has said that ‘phones and everything’ will be impacted,” Ben Lovejoy reports for 9to5Mac. “A security update by ARM suggests that a number of iPhones, iPads, iPods and Apple TVs may be affected.””

“An ARM Processor Security Update lists processors…