On Thursday, Apple’s updates to all of its operating systems included some new features — but more importantly, a severe security flaw that was actively being exploited was stopped in its tracks.
Apple’s updates to all of its operating systems included some new features — but more importantly, a severe security flaw that was actively being exploited was stopped in its tracks.
On Thursday, Apple released iOS 16.5, iPadOS 16.5, watchOS 9.5, macOS Ventura 13.4, and tvOS 16.5. The primary new element is a brand new “Sports” tab in the Apple News app, along with new features for Siri and the Apple TV app.
However, in addition to all that, the new software updates also include patches for potentially exploited issues, all related to WebKit. The patches are present across all the updated software, and, as such, users should make sure to update their devices as soon as possible.
Two of the three exploits were initially patched with Apple’s rapid security response with the public release of iOS 16.4.1 in April. This latest update should make sure everyone is covered moving forward, even if they didn’t update their devices with that particular software patch.
