Meltdown affects all devices with Intel chips, which are estimated to be in 90 % of all computers (desktop and laptop combined), the BBC reported.
Not exact matches
Although
Meltdown and Spectre
affected leading processors in many
devices, Intel is bearing most of the fallout.
Here's what you need to know about
Meltdown and Spectre, the two huge bugs that
affect practically every computer and
device out there.
Apple faces its first legal action over
Meltdown and Spectre in the United States, even though the vulnerabilities were found to
affect nearly all computers and other
devices, according to court documents reviewed by MacRumors.
Meltdown and Spectre are serious hardware - based vulnerabilities that take advantage of the speculative execution mechanism of a CPU, allowing hackers to gain access to sensitive information.
Dubbed
Meltdown and Spectre, the two hardware bugs found in Intel processors
affect almost every computing
device that was made in the past two decades, no matter if it's a mobile phone or a personal computer.
Alongside the lawsuits and investigations, Apple is now also facing legal action in the US for
Meltdown and Spectre, the CPU vulnerabilities
affecting millions of computing
devices around the world using modern Intel, AMD and ARM processors, reports MacRumors.
Apple confirmed tonight (Jan. 4) that the security issues known as
Meltdown and Spectre also
affect Mac and iOS
devices.
The speculative execution side channel attacks known as
Meltdown and Spectre
affect a majority of modern computational
devices.
In a January 4th, 2018 statement, the Cupertino computing giant confirmed that all Mac and iOS
devices are
affected by the
Meltdown and Spectre CPU security risks, «but there are no known exploits impacting customers at this time.»
Two security vulnerabilities dubbed
Meltdown and Spectre were unearthed,
affecting billions of
devices using modern processors from Intel, AMD or ARM.