Apple at present launched Fast Safety Response updates to patch iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1. The updates repair a WebKit vulnerability that’s being actively exploited. WebKit is the browser engine used on Safari which makes this an replace that you must set up straight away. The method for putting in the replace stays the identical as for a typical replace: go to Settings > Basic > Software program Replace and observe the instructions.
However there isn’t a want to tug out a deck of playing cards and begin taking part in solitaire. At the very least not with this replace. That is as a result of it ought to solely take a couple of minutes for the replace to be put in after which restart your system. You will notice that the updates are listed as iOS 16.5.1 (a) and iPadOS 16.5.1 (a) to point that they’re separate releases disseminated to patch points with iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1 which have been launched on June twenty first.
Apple releases a safety patch for iOS and iPadOS 16.5.1 by way of its Fast Safety Response
Apple says that with the software program flaw, processing internet content material may result in an arbitrary code execution which might enable an attacker to run any command or code on the focused system. Apple says that it’s conscious of a report indicating that the vulnerability “could have been actively exploited.” That final sentence implies that not less than one report claims that an attacker may need taken benefit of the difficulty though it’s unknown if any iPhone or iPad customers had any private information stolen in consequence.
We should always level out that these with a Mac operating macOS Ventura 13.4.1 are additionally receiving a Fast Safety Response replace to patch the identical vulnerability that impacts the Safari browser on their system. To put in the replace in your Mac, go to Apple menu > System Settings. Click on Basic on the left aspect of the System Settings window, then click on Software program Replace on the suitable.
The Fast Safety Response system was added to the iPhone and iPad with the releases of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 final September.
