{"id":75274,"date":"2018-02-07T13:22:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T21:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=75274"},"modified":"2019-06-15T02:59:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T09:59:00","slug":"month-in-review-apple-security-in-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/month-in-review-apple-security-in-january-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Month in review: Apple security in January 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Apple<\/p>\n

Well, 2018 has sure started off with a bang!\u00a0January brought to light\u00a0major vulnerabilities affecting modern processor architectures, newly discovered Mac malware, and more. Read on for the details.<\/p>\n

Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities<\/h3>\n

\"\"Months ago, multiple groups of researchers independently discovered serious vulnerabilities\u00a0related to a\u00a0feature\u00a0of modern microprocessors known as speculative execution.<\/p>\n

In early January, details\u00a0about the\u00a0two classes of vulnerabilities\u2014namely, Meltdown and Spectre\u2014were released to the public. Multiple hardware platforms were affected, including personal computers, mobile phones, and more.<\/p>\n

Apple was among the companies that had received\u00a0early notification\u00a0about the vulnerabilities before they were publicly disclosed,\u00a0so Meltdown\u00a0mitigations were already present in December\u00a0for macOS High Sierra 10.3.2, iOS 11.2, and tvOS 11.2 (Apple said that watchOS was unaffected).<\/p>\n

In January, Apple also released Spectre-mitigating patches for Safari, as well as Meltdown mitigation for the two previous versions of macOS: Sierra and El Capitan.<\/p>\n

For lots more details, be sure to\u00a0listen to our podcast\u00a0discussion<\/a> and read our featured article on Meltdown and Spectre:<\/p>\n

Meltdown and Spectre: What Apple Users Need to Know<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n