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Meltdown & Spectre

So, 2018 has started with dis­closure of two huge cyber­se­curity vul­ner­ab­il­ities, called “Meltdown” and “Spectre”. These are not like most of the “exploits” that hackers use. They affect almost all modern computers.

Sites like MeltdownAttack.com and Defiant.com (pre­vi­ously “WordFence”) have covered the tech details well. So, here’s a sim­plified summary of what non-techies need to know.

Why You Should Care About Meltdown & Spectre

Most vul­ner­ab­il­ities affect software. Meltdown and Spectre affect CPUs — the core com­puter chips — mostly those built by Intel since 1995. So they don’t just affect PCs, or Windows, or Macs, or Linux. They affect com­puters, regardless of what software or oper­ating systems you use. In short — yes, this affects your computer(s) and phone(s).… Read the rest