{"id":12676,"date":"2022-08-19T14:41:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/19\/i-am-once-again-asking-you-to-update-your-apple-devices\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T14:41:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:41:35","slug":"i-am-once-again-asking-you-to-update-your-apple-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/19\/i-am-once-again-asking-you-to-update-your-apple-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"I am once again asking you to update your Apple devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/18\/23312255\/iphone-ios-macos-security-update-15-6-1<\/a>
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Well, here we are again: I\u2019m writing an article to tell you that you should really update your iPhone, iPad, or Mac as soon as possible, because the latest software for them fixes some pretty nasty bugs. The security notes for iOS \/ iPadOS 15.6.1<\/a> and macOS 12.5.1<\/a> describe fixes for bugs in the OS\u2019 kernel (basically the core that controls everything) and WebKit that could allow attackers to run malicious code on your device. The notes also warn that the bugs may have actively been exploited.<\/p>\n

This is, unfortunately, something like the third or fourth time I\u2019m writing<\/a> a post<\/a> explicitly<\/a> asking people to update their iPhones or Macs to patch some pretty serious security flaws. And the truth is, I could\u2019ve written this exact post even more times than that \u2014 there have been 13 updates to iOS 15<\/a> since its initial release, and nine<\/em> of them have fixed some sort of arbitrary code execution bug. Oftentimes some of those bugs would allow attackers to obtain kernel privileges. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, five<\/a> of<\/a> those<\/a> security<\/a> updates<\/a> included the \u201cApple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited\u201d warning. <\/p>\n

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