FYI: My Mountain Town's servers will be going down sometime in the next 72 hours in order to install security updates. We hope it won't be down for long, but if you get an error loading the site this might be why.
Earlier this week, multiple vulnerabilities were released that affect nearly every modern server and desktop computer. These are being known by the monikers as “Meltdown” and “Spectre”. These vulnerabilities affect Liquid Web and many other service providers. Since becoming aware of these vulnerabilities, Liquid Web has been working diligently to plan and implement the best resolution for our customers. Our security and development teams have been working with our vendors to deploy the required updates to mitigate vulnerabilities.
So, what are these vulnerabilities? They are both hardware bugs that allow information being processed on a computer, or server, to be obtained by non-privileged programs.
Many modern operating systems have already announced or released patches to mitigate the risks of these vulnerabilities. Based on the requirements of many, if not all, of these patches, it will be required to reboot affected customers’ servers. We will be scheduling these reboots, and updating affected customers prior to them taking place.
The vulnerability announcement and applicable white papers are available at:
meltdownattack.com/
Apple just confirmed that nearly all of its devices are impacted by the serious vulnerabilities affecting processors made by Intel and other chip makers.
In the company's first public statement on the vulnerabilities, Apple confirmed that all of its Mac and iOS devices are affected by the bugs known as Meltdown and Spectre.
"These issues apply to all modern processors and affect nearly all computing devices and operating systems. All Mac systems and iOS devices are affected, but there are no known exploits impacting customers at this time," the company said.
For Safari, Apple says users can expect a software update meant "to help defend against Spectre," in the next few days. Google and Microsoft also previously issued patches meant to address the vulnerabilities, which first came to light
earlier this week.
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