{"id":417906,"date":"2021-10-12T08:27:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T06:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=417906"},"modified":"2021-10-12T08:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T06:28:53","slug":"apple-fixes-critical-iphone-security-flaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/417906-apple-fixes-critical-iphone-security-flaw.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple fixes critical iPhone security flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple released a software update to fix bugs related to &#8220;Find My&#8221; features and a critical security flaw \u2014 which the company <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT212846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a><\/strong> may have already been exploited.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 15.0.2, released on Monday, addresses a vulnerability that allows an attacker to exploit the IOMobileFrameBuffer &#8220;to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges&#8221; and take control of the device.<\/p>\n<p>An arbitrary code execution vulnerability allows an attacker to run any program on the target device. Apple said it &#8220;is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited&#8221; in iOS 15.<\/p>\n<p>The release notes indicate that the update also addresses the following issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Photos saved to your library from Messages could be deleted after removing the associated thread or message<\/li>\n<li>iPhone Leather Wallet with MagSafe may not connect to Find My<\/li>\n<li>AirTag might not appear in the Find My Items tab<\/li>\n<li>CarPlay may fail to open audio apps or disconnect during playback<\/li>\n<li>Device restore or update may fail when using Finder or iTunes for iPhone 13 models<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple released its previous iOS update \u2014 15.0.1 \u2014 on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/417724-apple-blocks-downgrades-from-ios-15-0-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 October<\/a><\/strong> to fix the iPhone 13&#8217;s &#8220;Unlock with Apple Watch&#8221; feature.<\/p>\n<p>The company is also currently <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/09\/21\/ios-15-1-shareplay-reenabled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beta testing iOS 15.1<\/a><\/strong>, including features such as support for adding a proof of vaccination card to Apple Wallet, the launch of SharePlay, and new iPhone 13 Pro camera features.<\/p>\n<p>Apple SharePlay was initially intended to be released with the original build of iOS 15 but was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/416272-apple-fixes-unlock-with-apple-watch-bug.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed back to a later software update<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/417732-google-pixel-6-camera-will-get-magic-eraser-and-face-unblur.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Pixel 6 camera will get &#8220;Magic Eraser&#8221; and &#8220;Face Unblur&#8221;<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple released iOS 15.0.2 to address several issues with its &#8220;Find My&#8221; features and a significant software vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":400699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,17934],"tags":[69481,605,3480,59403,691,67786,73160,69835],"class_list":["post-417906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","category-smartphones","tag-airtag","tag-apple","tag-apple-iphone","tag-find-my","tag-ios","tag-ios-15","tag-ios-15-0-2","tag-iphone-13"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417910,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417906\/revisions\/417910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}