If you have an iPhone or iPad, and even an Apple Watch, now is the time to make sure that you have downloaded and applied the latest operating system update that Apple has released in the last hours after discovering a major security flaw in iOS that affects all 3 devices equally.
The technology giant has just patched a critical security vulnerability consisting of active looting that has been proven to have been used by cybercriminals. The latest OS patch information for any of Apple’s products indicates that “you are aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.” This means that malicious hackers may have exploited the vulnerability, hence the urgency of the security patch.
Update your iPhone now
As mentioned in Apple’s patch notes, the vulnerability was found by Google’s Project Zero team and affects WebKit, the browser engine that Apple used to build Safari so it can put web browsing at risk with the devices. However, it is rare that you may have been affected by the problem since it has been quickly detected and its solution applied in the form of this update that can be applied to the following terminals:
- iPhone 6s and later
- iPad Pro (all models)
- iPad Air 2 and later
- Fifth generation iPad and later
- iPad mini 4 and later
- iPod touch (7th generation)
- Apple Watch Series 3 and later
For most users, this update will arrive automatically, but if you check the version of your device’s operating system and see that it does not match version 14.4.2, which integrates the solution for this security problem, you can always check manually If you can install the update on your phone by following the path Settings> General> Software update.