Apple Issues Statement on Meltdown Inspector Exploit and Announces Fixes for iOS and Mac OS

Following the news that both Intel and ARM-based processors could be susceptible to various hacks, Apple issued a statement on Thursday announcing that it had already implemented some fixes in the latest iOS and Mac OS releases with more still to come. The company stated that all Mac systems and iOS devices are affected by the issue, but there are no known exploits taking advantage of it at this time.

Since exploiting many of these issues requires a malicious app to be loaded on your Mac or iOS device, Apple recommends downloading software only from trusted sources such as the App Store. The company also stated that it has released mitigations in iOS 11.2, Mac OS X 10.13.2, and TV OS 11.2 to help defend against meltdown.

It's worth noting that some reports have alleged that fixes for the chip kernel flaws could affect system performance and potentially slow down systems. However, Apple's own tests have shown that fixes for meltdown inspector have minimal or no effect on system speed. Apple explained that the security exploits take advantage of a modern CPU feature called speculative execution, which improves speed by operating on multiple instructions at the same time.

The speculative execution feature allows the CPU to predict which path of a branch is most likely to be taken and will speculatively continue the execution down that path even before the branch is completed. If the prediction was wrong, the speculative execution is rolled back in a way that is intended to be invisible to software. This issue was first exposed as an Intel-specific problem but has since been revealed that all modern CPUs are affected by the wide-reaching kernel memory security issue.

The bug goes well beyond Intel's x86 architecture and also affects processors based on ARM, which are used as a reference design for Apple's iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV lineup. Meltdown inspector could be executed on nearly every x86 device produced since 1997. Researchers believe that hackers could develop exploits to steal virtually any data on a system that remains unpatched.

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and Apple TV lineup meltdown inspector could be executed on nearly every x86 device produced since 1997 researchers believe that hackers could develop exploits to steal virtually any data on a system that remains unpatched to learn more about the meltdown and spectre exploits along with full statements click the card above or use the link in the video description if you enjoy this video like it and hit that subscribe button also check out a price guide which makes it extremely easy to find the steals and Apple products updated daily be sure to follow us on social media and we'll see you in the next videofollowing the news that both Intel and AR M based processors could be susceptible to various hacks Apple issued a statement on Thursday announcing that you had already implemented some fixes in the latest iOS and Mac OS releases with more still to come however there are not currently any known exploits taken advantage of meltdown Inspector Apple statement read all Mac systems and iOS devices are affected but there are no known exploits impacting customers at this time since exploiting many of these issues requires a malicious app to be loaded on your Mac or iOS device we recommend downloading software only from trusted sources such as the App Store Apple also said that they release mitigations in iOS 11.2 Mac OS ten point thirteen point two and TV OS eleven point two to help defend against meltdown in that the Apple watch is not affected some reports have alleged that fixes for the chip kernel flaws could affect system performance and potentially slow down systems however Apple's own tests have shown that fixes for meltdown inspector have minimal if any effect on system speed Apple explained that the security exploits take advantage of a modern CPU feature called speculative executive this improves speed by operating on multiple instructions at the same time and sometimes in a different order from which they enter the CPU they said that the CPU predicts which path of a branch is most likely to be taken and will speculatively continue the execution down that path even before the branch is completed if the prediction was wrong the speculative execution is rolled back in a way that is intended to be invisible to software this issue was first exposed as an Intel specific problem it was later revealed that all modern CPUs are affected by the wide-reaching kernel memory security issue the bug goes well beyond Intel's x86 architecture and also affects processors based on AR M which are used as a reference designed for Apple's iPhone iPad and Apple TV lineup meltdown inspector could be executed on nearly every x86 device produced since 1997 researchers believe that hackers could develop exploits to steal virtually any data on a system that remains unpatched to learn more about the meltdown and spectre exploits along with full statements click the card above or use the link in the video description if you enjoy this video like it and hit that subscribe button also check out a price guide which makes it extremely easy to find the steals and Apple products updated daily be sure to follow us on social media and we'll see you in the next video\n"