{"id":19429,"date":"2021-09-14T18:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T22:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elteni.com\/?p=19429"},"modified":"2021-09-14T18:12:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T22:12:31","slug":"critical-apple-vulnerability-exploited-to-eavesdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elteni.com\/insights\/?p=19429","title":{"rendered":"Critical Apple vulnerability exploited to eavesdrop!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; color: #1a1939;\">Apple has released an emergency security update to address vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS for a zero-click zero day exploit that allows the installation of malware on a device. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device if they are unpatched.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; color: #1a1939;\">&#8220;Attacks like the ones described are highly sophisticated, cost millions of dollars to develop, often have a short shelf life, and are used to target specific individuals,&#8221; Ivan Krsti\u0107, head of Apple Security Engineering and Architecture, said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; color: #1a1939;\">Krsti\u0107 said Apple rapidly addressed the issue with a software fix and that the vulnerability is &#8220;not a threat to the overwhelming majority of our users.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; color: #1a1939;\">Although it is suspected that this vulnerability is only affecting a small set of targeted users currently, Elteni has reviewed the iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8 security update page and encourages users and administrators to apply the necessary updates.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has provided instructions here: <a href=\"https:\/\/d12Syt04.na1.hubspotlinksstarter.com\/Btc\/5E+113\/d12Syt04\/VVmBd954FtQFW3FyrXV4tNsRDW13cSCp4xsSQrN8mSy4N3lSbNV1-WJV7CgXhbW8n-TGV4rBvNXW5rPh817yhfQTW74HFwn7LS47HW1CB99F3K_QxYW3S0ncz2l0TsSW28F3sD2YlNDrW6_nH1g25vMQ0VWv-rc6079b2W5nT0Cp82tvv6V3JGYV1-_snmW2SWMdy26rlqwW90dPR25XYJq0N6tRqSWhk1HkW2tSl4V6rTJmfW17cHZB6gHXW9W956-R27T4J42Vf31J88mj53bW3G8bxM4NZJh6W86WMTj15d14zW60Q1tF4VC5pLW3WWpNk5hjMM9W2wNZCK3hXLNV3cbg1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hs-link-id=\"0\"><span style=\"color: #70c14a;\">https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204204<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has released an emergency security update to address vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS for a zero-click zero day exploit that allows the installation of malware on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,3,91,101,28,25,15,127,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple","category-cyber","category-exploit","category-hackers","category-identity-theft","category-pii","category-privacy","category-technology","category-vulnerability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Critical Apple vulnerability exploited to eavesdrop! 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