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