Vulnerabilities of Meltdown and Spectre
Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware vulnerabilities allow programs to steal data which currently processed on the computer. This might include your passwords stored in a password manager or browser, your personal photos, emails, instant messages and even business-critical documents.
How to fix Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities
Of course we are aware of newly discovered vulnerabilities known as Meltdown and Spectre. These vulnerabilities affect many modern processors and gain access to data in system memory (RAM). Meltdown breaks down the most fundamental isolation between applications and the operating system. This attack allows the program to gain direct access to memory, which means the secret data of other programs and the operating system. Above all if your computer’s processor is vulnerable and you are using an unpatched operating system, working with sensitive information is not safe. High chance of information leakage. This applies to both personal computers and cloud infrastructure. Spectre breaks isolation between different applications. This allows the attacker to obtain data even from programs that comply with all security rules and work without errors. In fact, the security checks of the programs mentioned increase the attack surface and can make applications more susceptible to Spectre. In conclusion we recommend that you follow the usual safety principles: Of course stay tuned for the latest updates to your antivirus. Also make sure your internet browser is up to date. Avoid installing unknown programs or programs from a dubious source. Visit only trusted sites with a minimum of advertising and external content. In addition in order to deploy this patches windows registry needs to updated. Key=”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” Subkey=”SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\QualityCompat” Value=”cadca5fe-87d3-4b96-b7fb-a231484277cc” Type=”REG_DWORD” Data = “00000000” Once the registry is added Windows will download and install the security updates.
