Threat Advisory: Meltdown & Spectre

This report explains the Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities that enable attackers to read sensitive memory via speculative execution side channels, affecting many Intel and ARM processors (and verified on other architectures). It summarizes affected platforms, vendor guidance (Apple/Google patches and mitigations), and how endpoint solutions like zIPS can help identify unpatched devices and detect post-exploitation activity, while noting limited evidence of active customer-impacting exploits at the time.