A recently released set of security fixes Apple is “recommended for all users,” that is, that for anyone with an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch, it’s time for an update.
According to Apple, the patch will fix a security bug that left WebKit (the engine that powers Apple’s Safari browser) vulnerable to memory corruption. Once users visited a website that contained malicious code, the vulnerability could be exploited by attackers, who could access the affected device and write malicious code to it.
If security fixes are applied, iPhone and iPad users will to be update to iOS and iPadOS 14.4.1, watchOS users would be updated to 7.3.2 and macOS Big Sur would be updated to version 11.2.3.
Despite being reported by Google and Microsoft, the bugs are not believed to have been actively exploited, unlike the three separate zero-day security flaws. discovered in January. The previous three mistakes had Apple was “actively exploited,” Apple said at the time, by hackers who found a way to chain the three vulnerabilities to access the the underlying iPhone software.
Apple users can protect their devices by going to System preferences, i then click Software update to see if any are available.
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