Some Android devices running the latest security update are already protected but others will need to wait for the updates to be released. We would strongly recommend you apply the latest software security updates as soon as possible – patches for Windows and Linux have already been released. From our initial investigations, we feel the vast majority of customers won’t see a significant change in the performance of their website – however, we will continue to investigate once the vendors provide more details. Some experts are advising that due to the nature of the fixes there is a possibility that, once applied, computer performance could slow by as much as 30%. If this is the case, and if we expect your website to be offline for any significant time, we’ll notify you. In turn, along with our hosting partners we are fully committed to validating and applying these patches as matter of urgency.īased on the information available so far, we believe it may be necessary to reboot some web services. The major manufacturers of computer chips (Intel, AMD and ARM) are working with the operating system vendors to release patches to make computers more secure. We are actively working with our hosting partners to thoroughly investigate the impact on your website.
What are we doing to protect your website? “Meltdown” on the other hand could allow hackers access to the computer’s core memory and is thought to only impact Intel chips. Specifically, “Spectre” could allow a hacker to trick applications into giving up secret information and affects all computer processors. The flaws, known as “Meltdown” and “Spectre”, can affect computer chips manufactured as far back as 1995. The web servers where your website/services are hosted are also potentially affected.
You may have seen in the news this week that a recently discovered flaw in the design of computer chips could enable access to sensitive information such as passwords on virtually any computer, smartphone or tablet without the user knowing.