Apple Releases Urgent Security Updates for iPhone After Hackers Exploit Gaps

Hackers have exploited vulnerabilities in Apple’s Safari web browser and the iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating systems, prompting Apple to issue security updates.

A woman uses an iPhone mobile device as she passes a lighted Apple logo at the Apple store at Grand Central Terminal in New York on April 14, 2023. Mike Segar/Reuters

Apple has released urgent security updates for its iOS and other operating systems to patch against vulnerabilities that both the tech giant and U.S. cyber security officials say are being actively exploited by hackers.

Apple’s security updates patch gaps in operating systems for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac products, as well as its Safari web browser.