I’ve had TWO critical iPhone updates in three days…
A recently disclosed vulnerability affecting Apple products has prompted an order for government organizations to patch the bug.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave civilian federal agencies until September 11 to implement a fix for CVE-2025-43300 — a vulnerability affecting popular brands of Apple phones, iPads and Macbooks.
Apple said on Wednesday that it is “aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.”
Full article, HERE from The Record.
Sigh… We all know Android anything is bad, and Apple has. been under attack for years. This one is apparently an 8 or 9 on the 10 scale for vulnerabilities…
So, if you have an Apple device, it might be time to go through the softward updates and plug them in. I know a lot of folks don’t allow ‘auto updates’ to any devices, but ‘I’ would do this one… but that’s just me.
This vulnerability is apparently ‘system wide’ impacting image formats across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
What is worse, it apparently does not require ANY user input, and it automated by the downloaded photo itself… dammit…
So that makes me wonder how many of these virus packages are hidden in memes…
YMMV, etc. etc. etc.
Don’t knock my Android.
It’s not made by slaves in China.
Ed- Nope, but China gets everything ON your Android…
They’ll just love this image of the Tienanmen Square Massacre as my lock-screen and background image then…
iPhones are secure as long as you like the walled garden that Apple keeps you locked in.
Judicious use of Android with good security software is safe.
Ag- Snort…