The issues are pertinent to design flaws in the memory management within computers and can affect most available systems, including smartphones. The risk of being victimized is considered low and there are readily available updates that fix these issues.
Information have been made available to local IT support. The IT Division is actively securing central systems and services.
We recommend to always keep all soft- and hardware updated with all updates, patches and fixes as per the manufacturers recommendation.
Should you like to know more about the bugs Spectre and Meltdown or have other questions about security please contact the Information Security Department at security@uu.se
Avoid security issues - keep your computer updated!
Recently two security issues, or bugs, have been reported in both Swedish and International media. Make sure your software and hardware are kept updated according to your manufacturers recommendation.