Apple’s iPhone Could Also Be Affected by Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities

Even though it was originally believed that iPhones might not be affected by the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities discovered in Intel, AMD, and ARM chips, it looks like Apple’s devices might be exposed as well, though a confirmation in this regard hasn’t been offered just yet.

An advisory published by ARM earlier today indicates that several of its processors are suffering from the same vulnerability like Intel’s chips, including several models whose technology was used for Apple’s own A-series chips.

Affected Apple devices

Based on ARM architecture, a number of chips powering iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV models could also be impacted. As 9to5mac notes, the Cortex A8 chip, which ARM confirmed to suffer from the said vulnerabilities, was used for the development of the A4 processor used on the… (read more)

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