1/1/2024 0 Comments For windows download Spectre![]() Unlike the majority of security bugs that are published on a daily basis, one of things that makes both Meltdown and Spectre scary is that they potentially affect virtually every computer, from the workstation we’re writing this article on, to the server hosting it, to the desktop, laptop, or even cellphone you’re reading this on. There is sufficient coverage – and people far more qualified to provide it – surrounding both of these vulnerabilities all over the internet (perhaps too much coverage, if only because when CNN Money covers a netsec article, they’re likely to get things wrong) but in our opinion what really matters right now to end users is not “what this bug is” or even “what’s being done about it” but just “what should I do to keep myself protected?” Hardware and OS vendor response ![]() Side-channel attacks, despite what the hysterical coverage surrounding Meltdown and Spectre would have you believe, are nothing new, and have been heavily researched for decades. The short and tall of it all is that an entire class of security vulnerabilities – known as side-channel attacks – suddenly went from “things your mother used to tell you to make you behave at night” to “there’s a serial killer loose in your apartment and all the doors are locked” kind of scary. In the days following the disclosure of CPU cache attacks Meltdown and Spectre, hardware, kernel, and software developers have rushed to provide security updates for their respective devices and platforms in an (ongoing) effort to secure their users against the wide-ranging (and not yet fully understood/internalized) side-channel vulnerabilities disclosed a few days ago on the 3rd of January, 2018.įor those that aren’t up to date on these attacks – stop now, and read this excellent LWN article on Meltdown and Spectre if you’re so inclined, you can even have a look at the original Google Project Zero article where it all started. ![]() Security-conscious Windows users attempting to protect themselves against Meltdown and Spectre attacks in the wild are being met with a deceptive “Your device is up to date” message - but they’re not yet protected. ![]()
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