Apple Releases Urgent iPhone Update: 4 Things to Know

Apple said that it is aware of reports that the flaw is being ‘exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack’ against specific people.
Apple Releases Urgent iPhone Update: 4 Things to Know
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Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Apple on Wednesday released an emergency update to fix an urgent vulnerability for its iPhones and iPads that was “exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack.”
In a notice on its website, Apple said the updates are available now for its iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch first generation and later, iPad Air third generation and later, iPad seventh generation and later, and iPad mini fifth generation and later.

Reports of Flaw Being Exploited

Apple said that the flaw impacts the processing of an image file, which “may result in memory corruption,” according to the notice.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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