Your laptop or desktop is likely to work with an Intel processor, and if so, you need to update your computer immediately as a result of a serious vulnerability that allows an attacker to steal data directly from your computer processor.

The loophole, called ZombieLoad, has discovered some researchers who have already discovered the two dangerous Specter and Milddown holes, and share many similarities with those two.

The Zombie Lodge affects all Intel processors made since 2011, which means that all MacBooks and the vast majority of Windows PCs are vulnerable, all of which are Intel processors. The gap in cloud virtual machines can also be exploited.

Intel, which calls the gap "accurate data sampling" or "MDS," says certain units of its eighth and ninth generation processors are already protected against this vulnerability, and all future CPUs will include manufacturing modifications that eliminate the gap.

"The data-quality sampling gap has already been addressed in Intel Core processors of the current generation 8 and 9, as well as in the next-generation Intel Xeon family scalable processors," the company said in a statement.

Intel says future processors will include a manufacturing change that eliminates such a gap (Reuters)

Reform and modernization
For users, they may be pleased to learn that Intel, Microsoft, Google and Apple have all already released updates to fix flaws and bridge the gap. However, you are not safe from the risk of all your devices and applications, and you are advised to do so immediately.

Intel has acknowledged that security patches will affect CPU performance in consumer devices by as much as 3% and by 9% in data center devices.

Google is disrupting Hyper-threading, a process that divides processor nuclei to increase performance on Chrome OS-74 computers to mitigate the security risks of the zombie block, but do not let this force you manually .

It should be noted that AMD and ARM computers were not affected by this vulnerability.

Unfortunately, researchers believe that the zombie lod, along with Specter and Meltdown, are the first examples of a new category of vulnerabilities that will continue to emerge in the distant future. Users can only hope that they will be corrected quickly.

Once it appears, it is up to the user to make sure that all of their devices have been updated to the latest and most secure versions. As always, change your passwords periodically and use antivirus software.