Apple has exposed serious vulnerabilities to iPhones, iPads and Macs. could allow attackers to take full control of devices. This allows intruders to impersonate the owner of the device and then run any software on their behalf.
One of the vulnerabilities detected allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privilegesand the second vulnerability affected WebKit, the engine that powers Safari and other third-party browsers on iOS. This isn’t the first time Apple has encountered such flaws, as earlier in the year the company also had to apply a security patch to fix a dangerous zero-day flaw.
Apple is releasing emergency updates to its devices
“Apple has released a triple update for the operating system to fix security vulnerabilities,” he said. may have been actively exploited “. macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, and iPadOS 15.6.1 updates available for download should be installed now and as soon as possible.
Apple said the vulnerability affects iPhones from the 6S model, 5th generation iPads and higher, iPad Air 2 and higher, iPad mini 4 and higher, all iPad Pro models and 7th generation iPod touches. MacBooks running macOS Monterey are also affected. If you have one of these devices, therefore Urgent to do the last update.
So on iPhone, the update is related to the iOS 15 release, but we don’t know for now whether Apple has fixed the flaw in the new iOS 16 update, which will be released in a stable release in September. As a reminder, Apple recently released a sixth beta with some minor changes.
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