Countless headlines are no doubt confusing for those just wanting to know how best to preserve the security around their data.

“Fear aside, attention must turn to the ‘what now’. Of course, if this turns out to be true, this would be a big concern as it doesn’t align to the trusted ‘Intel Inside’ brand values that we as consumers all signed up to. Though Intel have vowed to make every machine virtually immune to known superbugs such as Spectre and Meltdown, there are reports emerging today that shares were sold just before the vulnerability came to light. Not only is the attack surface the biggest we’ve seen, with so many devices at risk globally, the exposure window is also huge as it is reliant on people voluntarily patching their systems, which obviously has a significant lag. This really is the big one, and everyone – consumers and businesses alike – must pay attention. Ross Brewer, vice president and managing director of EMEA at security intelligence firm LogRhythm, has made the following comments, “This is without doubt the most disturbing issue to hit the industry for decades – with all modern processors, computing devices and operating systems affected. Failure to do so may result in the infamous blue screen of death! To avoid this Microsoft has advised that the antivirus registry key MUST be updated before installing the patch.Īntivirus vendors are furiously working on updates to change keys so the update process can occur without any hitches. Providers are also being warned that before they install the patch issued by Microsoft to be aware the fix may not be compatible with their current antivirus software. Some aspects of Azure are still being updated and require a reboot of customer VMs for the security update to take effect,” Microsoft said in its blog post about the chip flaws. “The majority of Azure infrastructure has already been updated to address this vulnerability.

Microsoft has been working closely with chip manufacturers to develop and test mitigations to protect its customers to ensure Azure users aren’t being exposed to vulnerabilities.

Solution providers have been advised to protect their end customers by supporting a modern security patching infrastructure that includes regular firmware updates from device manufacturers and software providers. The flaw is said to allow unauthorized access to user data, including passwords and cached files.ĪWS, Google, and Microsoft communicated to partners that they are working to prevent exploitation of their offerings. A recent design flaw, named Meltdown, was recently discovered with laptops, desktop computers and internet servers using Intel x86 microprocessors which could stretch back to 2011.

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