Update on Meltdown & Spectre
Two large security vulnerabilities, named Meltdown and Spectre, were revealed this month, when a research team unexpectedly shared the flaw publicly ahead of planned announcements. The security flaws were discovered a few months ago and privately revealed to chip companies, operating system developers and cloud computing companies who were all working to develop necessary security patches, mitigations and methods to work around the flaws. However, since the unexpected announcement, all the companies affected have been responding, somewhat in a disorderly manner. Apple’s prior security updates in early December had already...
