Recently, a new bug comes in market in the processor of CPU which uses Intel, amd, arm processor. Almost, all devices have these processor like desktop, mobile, IOT, Respebberypi, etc. So, an new bug called Meltdown and spectre comes in these processor and it effects almost all operating systems like windows, linux, unix, mac, etc.
We know processor process all the data. All data goes from the processor and then process. Processor access CPU's memory also in which your personal information, passwords, username encrypted communication. If we hack processor then we reach these documents very easily.
So, the working of Meltdown and Spectre is to reach the processor by breaching all the barriers and goes to kernel memory. It breaches almost Intel, amd, arm processor so, that's why it reaches to your smartphones, computer, etc.
Security Bugs said that almost 60% of the devices made by this processor comes in danger by this bug.
By this bug Intel processor devices speed also becomes less by 30%. Usually, when companies knows about these kinds of bugs they hide it from public because Hackers takes wrong advantage about these type of bugs. But Now, these bug bug revealed by mistake that's why this lead to declination in the market. But now there is not any solution find by security researchers. So, keep updating your mobile phones to prevent yourself from these bugs.
How to escape from it?
By updating your systems completely, and update all the softwares also. windows releases it's security page and Mac also releases.