Another large scale security breach has rocked the tech industry. Stemming from a vulnerability on almost every computer chip made in the past 20 years, “Meltdown” and “Spectre” gives hackers access to information stored on your computer including passwords, personal photos, documents, and so much more.
Each vulnerability works differently to bypass security measures and steal information. Meltdown “basically melts security boundaries which are normally enforced by the hardware,” said the hacker team who discovered these flaws.
Spectre “breaks the isolation between different applications. It allows an attacker to trick error-free programs, which follow best practices, into leaking their secrets.”
The response has been quick from most companies. Yesterday, Microsoft and Google both took steps to fix these holes in security, but experts believe only some of the exploitations Spectre uses can be fixed.
This “is going to haunt us for some time,” says Mashable writer Jack Morse.
To learn more about the breach and techniques to protect your system you can visit the website below.
http://mashable.com/2018/01/04/spectre-meltdown-explained/#euR9aA0b0mq
Each vulnerability works differently to bypass security measures and steal information. Meltdown “basically melts security boundaries which are normally enforced by the hardware,” said the hacker team who discovered these flaws.
Spectre “breaks the isolation between different applications. It allows an attacker to trick error-free programs, which follow best practices, into leaking their secrets.”
The response has been quick from most companies. Yesterday, Microsoft and Google both took steps to fix these holes in security, but experts believe only some of the exploitations Spectre uses can be fixed.
This “is going to haunt us for some time,” says Mashable writer Jack Morse.
To learn more about the breach and techniques to protect your system you can visit the website below.
http://mashable.com/2018/01/04/spectre-meltdown-explained/#euR9aA0b0mq
