“If you have one”? What’s the point of that insert?
You Need to Update Your iPhone [if you have one], Right Now
Submitted 9 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://gizmodo.com/apple-security-update-pegasus-zero-day-blastpass-1850817040
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RoToRa@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 months ago
To stop all the assholes coming in and haughtily talk about how they have an Android phone.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 9 months ago
If you have an Android phone, you’ll need to update it asap too because Google just released a security update for a zero-day vulnerability.
NoRodent@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I misread the title and thought it said “You Need to Update Your Phone [if you have one], Right now”, which I found quite strange, then started reading the post and was like “Hey, but I have an Android, do you assume everyone has an iPhone now?”… So here I am anyway.
sebinspace@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I thought people stopped debating religion online, it seems very 2013
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
You’ve been around long enough to know that won’t stop them. I recognize your user name from Reddit.
Absolutemehperson@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So the hacker hacks your phone with his mind?
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
At a very high level: the attacker sends a picture which somehow is opened by Apple Wallet and leads to the execution of arbitrary code (this is the vulnerability, in how the wallet parses the picture, allowing for a buffer overflow), deactivation of certain security features and download/execution of the malicious payload.
p_q@lemmy.world 9 months ago
sure apple wallet is requierd for it to work? red it like the image part can come remotely by picture 0click (by link preview archived) or via using the wallet app, not both in conjunction.
hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
What about iOS 17 Public Beta?
sebinspace@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Anything published before today, while this was a zero-day, should be considered vulnerable.
BaronVonBort@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Seeing as it’s not iOS 16, should be fine. But I’m sure they’d put a patch out for the beta if the risk was that high for it as well.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 9 months ago
I’ve put my phone in lockdown mode until a new beta comes out. Not much functionality lost
hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
I forgot about Lockdown Mode! Good idea!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 months ago
No idea. I wouldn’t trust it right now though.
Bipta@kbin.social 9 months ago
There's no update for older iPhones or Macs yet.
xtapa@feddit.de 9 months ago
Phew, I just started looking for my iPhone I don’t have. Brackets saved my sanity.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Thanks for proving exactly why I put them there in the first place. So people wouldn’t come in here gloating about how they didn’t have one.
thrawn@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The text in the brackets was added to prevent comments similar to this, but life finds a way
Resol@lemmy.world 9 months ago
shows picture of an iPhone 4/4s
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I mean probably the singular best model to date. When the retina screen dropped… wow. I miss Steve 🫶
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Good phone aside from “you’re holding it wrong”