Mobile devices are even more vulnerable to Meltdown and Spectre than PCs
Only four per cent of devices have been patched - and many can't be

OS fragmentation means that many devices won’t be patched
As many as a quarter of business mobile devices are not only vulnerable to malicious attacks, but cannot be patched to fix the flaws. Infosec firm Bridgeway has found that only four per cent of enterprise...
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