Apple: Mac And iOS Vulnerable To Meltdown And Spectre Flaws

Apple: Mac And iOS Vulnerable To Meltdown And Spectre Flaws Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Mark Lennihan/AP If you thought your MacBook or iPhone would be immune to the Meltdown and Spectre microprocessor flaws acknowledged earlier this week by Intel, you would be wrong. The good news is that "there are no known exploits impacting customers at this time" and that a change could come soon, according to Apple. The company says it has "already released mitigations in iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2, and tvOS 11.2 to help defend against Meltdown. Sponsor Message Even so, as Devin Coldewey reports for TechCrunch: "If you're wondering why people keep saying, 'mitigate' instead of 'fix' or 'counteract' or something, it's because Meltdown and Spectre take advantage of computing practices so basic that avoiding them is extremely difficult and complex.