Apple Makes a Statement About Meltdown and Spectre

Apple confirmed yesterday that the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities DO affect Mac OS and iOS as well as their Apple TV operating system. There are fixes coming in the near future to defend against this vulnerability, however, no official dates of been set for their release.

Again, it’s amazing how much time has gone by before vendors are acknowledging that there are security issues regarding these exploits! The key to security in the computing world is transparency of information. Don’t hide your issues, thinking that it will protect you from bad publicity. You’ll get much more respect from computer users if you’re open about the issue and actually show that you’re working to address it as quickly and efficiently as possible!

Again, I’ll let you know when announcements are made concerning the patches and release of the fix for both the Mac and PC worlds.