Apple says zero-day bugs exploited against ‘specific targeted individuals’ using iOS

Apple has released new software updates across its product line to fix two security weaknesses, which the company said that customers were actively used to hack customers to run mobile software iOS.

Apple has confirmed that it has settled on security suggestions posted on his website Two-zero-day weaknessWhich “may be absorbed in a highly sophisticated attack against specific target individuals in iOS.”

The bugs are considered Zero day Because they were unknown to Apple because they were being exploited.

It is not yet known who or how many Apple customers were targeted behind the attacks, or if any successfully compromised. An Apple spokesman did not return the TechCrunch investigation.

Apple credited one of the two bugs in the Google’s threat analysis group, which investigated the official -backed cyberratetacks. This may indicate that the targets of Apple customers were launched or integrated by a country state or government agency. Some government-backed cyberpets are known to be involved The use of spyware to remotely planted And Other phone-unlocking devicesThe

A Google spokesman did not immediately comment on TechCrunch.

Apple says that a bug affects Apple’s Coriodio, the system-level material that apple allows developers to interact with the device audio using various products. Apple says that the bug can be used by processing an audio stream in a corrupt media file, which may allow Corrupt code effective On the affected Apple device.

Another bug, which apple took the only credit for invention, allowing the attacker to bypass the pointer authentication, it is a security feature that Apple uses its software It is more difficult for the attackers to inject the corruption code in the memory of a device or otherwise.

Apple has been released k Software updates for Macos SequoiaBumping the software version at 15.4.1 and published iOS 18.4.1 that fixes security bugs on iPhone and iPad. Apple TV And the company’s mixed-reality headset Vision Pro The same security has also received updates.