SLAP and FLOP: A Critical Security Threat to Apple Devices – A C-Suite Perspective
SLAP (Speculative Execution via Load Address Prediction) and FLOP (False Load Output Prediction) are vulnerabilities that exploit the speculative execution feature in Apple’s processors. Speculative execution is a performance optimisation technique where the processor predicts future instructions and executes them in advance. While this significantly improves device speed and efficiency, it also creates a window of vulnerability.