Have you heard of the hardware bug with modern (perhaps all developed in the last 20yrs) Intel CPU's that if not (software / OS) patched can allow an attacker access to your secure information via the CPU's Kernel!
Windows, Linux, OS X and more affected!
(This is a hardware problem)
Note that AMD CPU's are not affected.
The attack method dubbed "Meltdown" & "Spectre" reveal memory locations where protected kernel space is present by identifying virtual memory pages in certain sequences.
-Meltdown breaks the isolation between OS and user applications and lets programs access the protected memory.
-Spectre also breaks isolation between applications letting an attacker trick error-free programs into giving up sensitive information.
Although there will be fixes, because this is a hardware issue, the fix may impact CPU performance by up to 30% depending on the system / hardware / task.
The next generation of Intel CPU's will likely have a hardware fix.
-Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 have been patched by Microsoft (check the Windows Update feature) however a majority of antivirus software is incompatible with the updates.
-Apple patched iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2 and tvOS 11.2 against Meltdown, and will soon release Spectre fixes.
-Mozilla browser has an update and it provides protection from Spectre and Meltdown attacks.
-Google Cloud & G Suite users are protected from the threat.
-Linux varies, check your distro' vendor.
-Ubuntu kernels update will apparently be released by Jan 9, 2018.
It's good news for AMD, that's for sure!
Stay patched, stay safe...
updated my google chrome for that
Google was really on the ball with fixes, A google team discovered the flaw I believe.
my laptop was slow yesterday may be due to that problem
Could be.
so will it affect my computer too :(
If you are running Intel, yes.
If you have windows / your internet browsers set to update automatically you should be protected for the most part.
Google Cloud is protected good to know that
Yeah a Google team discovered the flaw I believe so I expected them to be on top of things.
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Thanks
Thanks for the vote!
these malware don't stop at all i am sick of all of them
I'm really surprised such a serious hardware flaw went undiscovered for so long.
i will not download any suspicious link
That's always a good idea.
Hardware bug that's kind of interesting time to increase sales for AMD haha
Yeah definitely a good time for AMD, I was thinking of building a new system soon anyways; will be going AMD for sure.
That seems a serious issue :)
Yes, quite serious.
so this will affect every computer bro how can i be safe
As long as you keep your internet browser and windows up to date you should* be fine.
time to stay patched this time the world is ever changing with new problems
That's for sure.
that explains why after the updates my system became slow and my browser keep hanging . thanks for the update
Could very well be the reason.
omg this is a serious problem
Yes, very serious.
OMG! Intel is watching us :)
I remembered the film "Terminator". Robots rule over man.
Thanks for sharing. Nice and useful post
this is importamt security alert and pre-awareness could save your device damage!
There are so many security issues these days it can be hard to keep track of it all.