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Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
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Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
#12Why did this take so long? The alternate thread pointing at the citizenlab report [1] says that "In March 2021, we examined... and determined that they had been hacked" It's September. The NYTimes says: "Apple’s security team has been working around the clock to develop a fix since Tuesday, after researchers at Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity watchdog organization at the University of Toronto, discovered that a Saudi ac…
As the story clearly indicates, they re-examined backups and recently made a very valuable discovery that everyone should be extremely thankful for. And Apple turned around a worldwide patch for a billion plus devices in less than a week after being notified.
I'd rather the flaw wasn't there in the first place, but a remarkable effort by both parties given that it was there.
Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
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Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
#14I'm not seeing a software update on my iPhone?
If it's a managed device, the owning organization can block it. If it's a personal device you may have to dig into the settings to explicitly update it, or they're staggering the release.
Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
#15It should be mandatory to notify people if they've been exploited when updating, also give better info on this incident no?
A normal smaller tech company is expected to create an advanced description of what happened. Apple doesn't give any info at all to regular users, no one i know has heard about this, not even seen a "very important to update" message, just a silent "update 11.6".
In my mind everyone with an Apple device should get a huge warning pop up on their screen with the text "everything on your computer has been potentially compromised - update now to remedy (for now at least)" in all caps.
Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
#16On a sidenote: If you would like to read this article without giving away your email address or signing in, activate the 'Reader' option in your browser.
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Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
#17Why did this take so long? The alternate thread pointing at the citizenlab report [1] says that "In March 2021, we examined... and determined that they had been hacked" It's September. The NYTimes says: "Apple’s security team has been working around the clock to develop a fix since Tuesday, after researchers at Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity watchdog organization at the University of Toronto, discovered that a Saudi ac…
As the story clearly indicates, they re-examined backups and recently made a very valuable discovery that everyone should be extremely thankful for. And Apple turned around a worldwide patch for a billion plus devices in less than a week after being notified. I'd rather the flaw wasn't there in the first place, but a remarkable effort by both parties given that it was there.
That's fair. I am appreciative. I was just shocked by the timeline but glad this was resolved