• Articles
    • Editorial Articles
    • Research Articles
    • WatchGuard Articles
  • The 443 Podcast
  • Threat Landscape
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Contribute to Secplicity

Secplicity - Security Simplified

Powered by WatchGuard Technologies

Apple Patches Spectre – Daily Security Byte

January 9, 2018 By Corey Nachreiner

Apple has released some follow-up patches to further fix the Spectre vulnerability in some of their products and OSes. Besides the updates, we also learn that attackers might exploit Spectre through browsers, leveraging malicious Javascript. Watch the video for these quick updates, and check out the Reference section to find Apples patches (if you don’t already have Auto-update enabled).

Episode Runtime: 2:40

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Yz-BU5HkU

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Apple’s Security Update page – Apple
  • iOS update to fix Spectre – BGR
  • macOS update fixes Spectre – 9 to 5 Mac
  • Protecting Safari from Spectre – Techspot
  • Meltdown and Spectre a week later – Geekwire
  • Secplicity blog post with more details on Meltdown and Spectre – Secplicity
  • WatchGuard’s Knowledge Base article on how these issues affect our product – WatchGuard Support

—Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

Share This:

Related

Filed Under: Security Bytes Tagged With: software updates

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

The 443 Podcast

A weekly podcast featuring the leading white-hat hackers and security researchers. Listen Now
the 443 podcast

Threat Landscape

Filter and view Firebox Feed data by type of attack, region, country, and date range. View Now
threat landscape

Top Posts

  • US National Cybersecurity Strategy
  • Cybersecurity News: Free Cybersecurity Training, TrickBot Group Exposed, Major GoDaddy Breach, and Russia to Legalize cybercrime?!
  • Here Come The Regulations
  • Successfully Prosecuting a Russian Hacker

Email Newsletter

Sign up to get the latest security news and threat analysis delivered straight to your inbox

By signing up you agree to our Privacy Policy.


The views and opinions expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of WatchGuard Technologies.

Stay in Touch

Recent Posts

  • Cybersecurity News: LastPass Incident Revealed, White House Issues Cybersecurity Strategy, FBI Purchases Leaked USHOR PII Data, and a Slew of Other Breaches
  • An Update on Section 230
  • Here Come The Regulations
  • US National Cybersecurity Strategy
  • Cybersecurity News: Free Cybersecurity Training, TrickBot Group Exposed, Major GoDaddy Breach, and Russia to Legalize cybercrime?!
View All

Search

Archives

Copyright © 2023 WatchGuard Technologies · Cookie Policy · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use