Apple Confirmed that All Mac and iOS Devices Are Affected by Chip Vulnerability

According to foreign media reports, local time on Thursday, Apple confirmed that all Mac and iOS devices have been affected by Meltdown and Specter CPU loopholes. The company wrote in the official blog: “All Mac systems and iOS devices are affected, but there is no impact on the customer’s attack.”

Apple said unless a malware is installed on a user’s Mac or iOS device that the attack will not happen, they advise users to download the software only from trusted sources such as the App Store.

Yesterday, several tech giants, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Mozilla, made a statement about the large-scale chip loophole this time around, and it is generally believed that Apple, which is also affected by Intel chips, has not.

Now Apple finally made a sound. The company disclosed that they have mitigated some of Meltdown’s potential negative effects. Meltdown for the Intel chip loopholes, Apple first spread of the system includes iOS (11.2), macOS (10.13.2), tvOS (11.2).

In addition, the company said it plans to patch Safari to help it better protect against specter attacks. However, Apple pointed out that in the past have used the Intel chip Apple Watch Meltdown is not affected.

Reference: washingtonpost