Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-10-2

A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, have signed a joint agreement to curb the abuse of commercial spyware to commit human rights abuses. The initiative, dubbed the Pall Mall Process, aims to tackle the proliferation and irresponsible use of commercial cyber intrusion tools by

Apple on Wednesday released a slew of updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari browser to address a set of flaws it said were actively exploited in the wild. This includes a pair of zero-days that have been weaponized in a mobile surveillance campaign called Operation Triangulation that has been active since 2019. The exact threat actor behind the campaign is not known.

Apple on Thursday rolled out security updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and the Safari web browser to address three new zero-day flaws that it said are being actively exploited in the wild. The three security shortcomings are listed below - CVE-2023-32409 - A WebKit flaw that could be exploited by a malicious actor to break out of the Web Content sandbox. It was addressed with

Microsoft today released software updates to plug 100 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including a zero-day vulnerability that is already being used in active attacks. Not to be outdone, Apple has released a set of important updates addressing two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being used to attack iPhones, iPads and Macs.

Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-10-3 - macOS Big Sur 11.7.6 addresses code execution and out of bounds write vulnerabilities.

Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-10-1 - iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5 addresses code execution, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-07-2 - macOS Ventura 13.3.1 addresses code execution, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Apple Security Advisory 2023-04-07-1 - iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 addresses code execution, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Categories: Apple Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: iOS 16.4.1 Tags: iPadOS 16.4.1 Tags: macOS 13.3.1 Tags: CVE-2023-28206 Tags: CVE-2023-28205 Tags: use-after-free Tags: out-of-bounds write Tags: IOSurfaceAccelerator Apple has released iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, and macOS 13.3.1 for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, respectively, and our advice is to install them as soon as possible. (Read more...) The post Apple releases emergency updates for two known-to-be-exploited vulnerabilities appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Unpatched Macs, iPhones, and iPads open to browser takeover and system kernel-level malicious code execution, Apple warns.

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5, macOS Monterey 12.6.5, iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.6, macOS Ventura 13.3.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. This includes three high-severity flaws in the Veritas Backup Exec Agent software (CVE-2021-27876, CVE-2021-27877, and CVE-2021-27878) that could lead to the execution of privileged commands

Apple on Friday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari web browser to address a pair of zero-day flaws that are being exploited in the wild. The two vulnerabilities are as follows - CVE-2023-28205 - A use after free issue in WebKit that could lead to arbitrary code execution when processing specially crafted web content. CVE-2023-28206 - An out-of-bounds write issue in