Lorenzo Franceschi-BicchieraiFeb 13, 2023

NEW: Apple published today a new version of iOS that fixed a zero-day exploited in the wild.

There's no details of who was using it, but the company thanked an anonymous researcher for reporting the bug, and Citizen Lab for "their assistance. đź‘€

The bug is in WebKit, which is historically a popular target for hackers. Since January of last year there have been nine bugs in iOS that “may have been actively exploited” in the wild, of which four in WebKit, according to our count.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/13/apple-releases-new-fix-for-iphone-zero-day-exploited-by-hackers/

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Show threadLorenzo Franceschi-BicchieraiFeb 15, 2023
I should have included this in the story. It's important to note that EVERY browser on iOS runs on WebKit. Switching to Chrome or Firefox won't make you safer.
Show threadChristina Warren
@lorenzofb I was very proud our IT Slackbot sent me a message telling me to update all my devices yesterday.
Feb 15, 2023 at 3:41pmIvory for iOS