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Apple Updates macOS and iOS To Address Spectre Vulnerability (engadget.com)

Posted by msmash on from the fixing-things dept.

Days after Apple disclosed how it would be dealing with the Meltdown bug that affects modern computers, it's pushed out fixes for the Spectre exploit as well. From a report: iOS 11.2.2 includes "Security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate the effects of Spectre," the company writes on its support page, while the macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update does the same for your Mac laptop or desktop. Installing this update on your Mac will also update Safari to version 11.0.2.

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  1. Only an update for High Sierra? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not seeing a macOS patch available for El Capitan or Sierra. (10.11, 10.12).

  2. Better than Microsoft! by Ecuador · · Score: 3, Insightful

    See? Apple delivered the update without bricking* any AMD CPUs! That's how you do it!

    *the term is used here very loosely.

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