Announcement - Server Security Update: Meltdown and Spectre
Gaveen Khor
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over 3 years ago
Dear Clients,
Announcement Details:
Security researchers announced two security flaws, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre.
What is Meltdown and Spectre?
A hardware bug allows low-privileges process to access the memory in the computer’s kernel to steal data which is currently proceeded on the computer.
Meltdown:
It allows malicious programs to gain access to higher-privileged parts of a computer's memory
Spectre:
It steals data from the memory of other applications running on a machine.
What is the impact:
It could allow malicious software to spy deeply into another process and data then steal sensitive data such as password and text communication.
Maintenance Detail:
Our team will notify affected clients and further schedule kernel update that require a server reboot during the process.
Those unmanaged services client who is interested on this update may contact support team by submitting a ticket at https://support.domainplus.com.my/en/support/tickets/new choose Technical Support (Dedicated Server / VPS / Cloud / Colocation)
Gaveen Khor
Dear Clients,
Announcement Details:
Security researchers announced two security flaws, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre.
What is Meltdown and Spectre?
A hardware bug allows low-privileges process to access the memory in the computer’s kernel to steal data which is currently proceeded on the computer.
Meltdown:
It allows malicious programs to gain access to higher-privileged parts of a computer's memory
Spectre:
It steals data from the memory of other applications running on a machine.
What is the impact:
It could allow malicious software to spy deeply into another process and data then steal sensitive data such as password and text communication.
Maintenance Detail:
Our team will notify affected clients and further schedule kernel update that require a server reboot during the process.
Those unmanaged services client who is interested on this update may contact support team by submitting a ticket at https://support.domainplus.com.my/en/support/tickets/new choose Technical Support (Dedicated Server / VPS / Cloud / Colocation)
Best Regards,
Support Team
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Technical Support Department