Please update urgently: patch from Apple fixes vulnerability that is already being exploited by attackers
If you haven't already updated your iPad, iPhone, or Mac with the last patch to fix vulnerability, here is a message from Apple: Update now. According to the company, which earlier this week released iOS 14.7.1, iPadOS 14.7.1, and macOS Big Sur 11.5.1, installing this fix it is fundamental.
Typically, security patches fix vulnerabilities discovered by development teams or white hat hackers (the “good” hackers who try to hack to find these vulnerabilities). In this case, it’s something that black hat hackers (the criminals) are already exploiting. So again: take this one seriously.
A Apple reported that, although the aforementioned updates do not fix bugs, they were designed to increase the security of a vulnerability that, according to the company, “may have been exploited again”. In plain English, as our grandparents would say, cybercriminals know this and are already taking advantage.
The company's message was addressed to owners of iPhone 6s or later, all iPad Pro models, iPad Air 2 or later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad 4 or later and even iPod Touch 7th generation. The issue in question, according to the Apple, which requires the security patch to be fixed, would allow a certain app to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, causing memory corruption.
Security concerns are justified, as it is not known exactly what the vulnerability could do to devices. Apple who do not receive the patch update. It was not clear whether it would be used solely to jailbreak iOS devices or even if it would be linked to the hack tool. spyware from the NOS Group, used to target journalists, activists and government figures. The famous Pegasus.
How to update
To update your iPhone, iPad or other device Apple with the new security patch and protect yourself from the discovered vulnerability, just follow a few simple steps. If you own an iPhone or an iPad, on the models already listed above, go to Settings> General> Software Update, download and install all available updates.
In case you are the owner of a MacOS, click on the apple icon located in the upper left corner, go to 'System Preferences', find 'Software Update' and then download and install all available updates. That's it. Your device Apple will be protected… At least until the next vulnerability is discovered, and a new patch is needed.
Through which channels you reach those people, classic and out of the box. ZDNet
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