Apple officially recognized the vulnerability of all Macs, iPhones and iPads: what to do

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Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), stated that all her chips Mac, iPhones and iPads have two critical flaws.

This week it became known that large technology companies are trying to correct the flaws under the code names Meltdown and Specterthat allow hackers to steal data, writes Air force.

Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), stated that she has already released some patches to correct the situation, although there is no evidence that hackers have used these flaws yet.

Nevertheless, the company advised users to download software only from reliable sources in order to avoid malware.

Members Mac they often find that their devices and operating systems are less vulnerable to security problems than, for example, phones on Android or computers on Microsoft.

However disadvantages Meltdown and Specter have all the modern computer chips manufactured by companies Intel and ARM. Together, these firms provide chips for virtually the entire global computer market.

“All systems are affected Mac and devices iOS, but there is currently no evidence of these flaws being used to impact customers,” she said Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), in a blog post on this topic.

“These problems exist in all modern processors and affect virtually all computing devices and operating systems,” the company added.

Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), says it has already issued "risk mitigators" against Meltdown in its latest update for operating systems iPhone, iPad, MacBook and iMac.

Patches against Spectre as a web browser update Safari will be released "in the coming days."

Google and Microsoft previously also stated that their devices are vulnerable due to these shortcomings.

What to do

The Meltdown vulnerability is easier to exploit, but to eliminate it, it is enough to update the operating system - both Microsoft and Apple have already released corresponding updates for their software, writes “Medusa". If you have a version of Windows lower than 10, you will have to download and install the update manually; otherwise the system will update automatically. Updates that eliminate Meltdown can seriously (by a third) slow down operations that require access to the system kernel - for example, if you need to look at the size of a folder on a disk - but for more ordinary activities like browsing the Internet or playing video games, such operations very little is required.

Using Specter’s vulnerability is more difficult, but also possible. To eliminate it, it is necessary to update individual programs. Mainly browsers: thanks to Specter, you can access user passwords; This is already discovered and corrected in Firefox.

Manufacturers (for example, Apple) also recommend not to use any suspicious software and download applications only from trusted sources.

Earlier Apple start a replacement battery for iPhone 6 and later devices for $ 29 dollars instead of $ 79.

What's wrong with the batteries on iPhone:

• December 11 Reddit told that iPhones are starting to work better if you replace the worn out battery;
• 21 December Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), confessedthat deliberately slows down iPhones to increase the life of the device;
• 22 and 27 December per company filed several lawsuits for slowing down old iPhones;
• 29 December Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), apologized for the mistake and promised to replace the batteries at a discount.

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