Billions of Devices at Risk After Security Flaw

Billions of users may be impacted by a new security vulnerability affecting countless devices. Researchers have recently uncovered two major vulnerabilities affecting processors on “nearly all of the world’s computers,” according to The New York Times.

The vulnerabilities, known as Meltdown and Spectre, could potentially give hackers the ability to steal memory contents of computers, including mobile devices, personal computers, and servers.

Google and Microsoft have already announced updates to protect against the flaw, and we can expect other vendors to follow suit shortly. While it has been widely reported the bug is unique to Intel, the company has released a statement that many different vendors are susceptible to the

vulnerability.

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