iPhone and iPad users: Apple on Thursday released major security updates, iOS 15.3.1 and iPadOS 15.3.1, to which you should upgrade immediately.
iOS 15.3.1 and iPadOS 15.3.1 are available for iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation).
Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Apple credits discovery of the vulnerability to an anonymous researcher.
MacDailyNews Take: So, hackers, government operatives, somebody may have used this exploit prior to the release of iOS 15.3.1 and iPadOS 15.3.1, so update immediately if you haven’t already.
To update your iPhone and/or iPad:
- Settings > General > Software Update
- Download and Install
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Nope. Staying on iOS14. Thank you Tim Cook!
Agreeing with Cookie@ATT.com. I’m taking the chance and staying with iOS14.8.1 / MacOS 11.6.1 until the more Tech types among us can confirm that Apple’s Back Door has been permanently closed and bricked up.
Or… Apple’s having it’s slowest upgrade cycle for iPhones – in nearly it’s entire history… Apple wants to install their own “guilty before proven innocent” scanning of your photos software onto your iPhones and iPads.
Suddenly, there is a breech like no other and everyone must upgrade immediately.
Show me what the breech is specifically and I’ll think about it…
As soon as I started using Zoom back when, I began to get the group Facetime scams. Deleted Zoom and it hasn’t been an issue. This doesn’t seem like an Apple problem to me.
And how do we know this is not Apples desperate fear mongering to lure people into updating after their STUPID mass surveillance initiatives guised under the virtue of CSAM ?
Not updating until Apple OFFICIALLY announces the abandonment of the initiative or and anything close to it!
Has anyone noticed or experienced an issue with email app freezing up on start for about a minute it will not do anything or react to touch options then after a minute or so it will start working.
This started with iOS 15.3 and has never happened before.