Researchers have identified two new speculative execution flaws affecting Apple’s M2/A15 and M3/A17 processors, putting user data at risk. Dubbed FLOP and SLAP, these vulnerabilities enable malicious actors to exploit chips to access sensitive information. Apple has been informed of the issue and is working on finding a fix. Despite the potential threat, Apple minimizes immediate risks to users. This discovery follows the same researchers’ previous identification of the iLeakage vulnerability. For more technical details, the detailed analysis is available for further reading.