Quickly update your Apple devices, a critical flaw was discovered
A critical flaw was discovered on the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers.It is therefore advisable to update your devices as quickly as possible since Apple has just deployed a version of the system correcting this bug.
Apple has just deployed an update that corrects a critical flaw on iPhone, iPad and Mac computers.It is therefore advisable to update your Apple devices as quickly as possible.
On iOS and iPados, this update carries the number of 14.7.1 while on macOS is version 11.5.1 that must be installed as quickly as possible.
How to check the presence of an update?
If your computer or phone has not already warned you of the availability of this update, here is how to check.
On iOS: go to the settings application, then in the general menu and click on software update.Your iPhone should automatically get the latest version of the OS available.Manipulation is the same on iPad.Make sure you are connected to WiFi, the update is almost 1 GB.
On macOS: go to system preferences, then software update.Your Mac will automatically look for the latest versions of the bone.
Why should we update?
The security notes that accompany this update indicate that a "potentially exploited" flaw allows code execution on the machine with a high degree of privilege.To put it simply, a malicious pirate could take control of your machine with this bug.
The update weighs 900 and some mega
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Apple is not particularly talkative about the origin of this flaw, we just know that this concerns the framebuffer (frame of frame in good French), one of the components which controls the video display.Shortly after the deployment of the update, several security researchers have published examples of code operating the bug.
If these kinds of faults can worry, they are unfortunately not that rare.Since the start of the year, Apple has been patched 13 similar flaws.This kind of bug is common at Apple, but also at Microsoft or Google.
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