Apple admitted the flaw in their devices

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Apple призналась в недостатке своих устройствApple said that all of its devices except the Apple Watch inherent vulnerability of processors.

“Experts have recently identified two security issues, called Meltdown and the Spectre. These problems affect all modern processors and affect nearly all computing devices and operating systems,” reads the website of the company.

Apple said that it had already released some patches to fix the situation, although no evidence that the hackers used these flaws yet.

However, the company advised users to download software only from trusted sources such as App Store, in order to avoid harmful programs.

Meltdown allows an application to read any computer memory, including kernel memory. Spectre with a break in the insulation of the programs allows a hacker to read information from other applications. Their attacks vulnerable ARM64 and Intel, and probably AMD.

Earlier it was reported that Intel and other chip manufacturers have discovered a vulnerability that could allow hackers to gain access to data from memory on the devices.

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