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Another month, another zero-day exploited in the wild that has been fixed by Apple. Apple fixed it in iOS 15.3.1 and iPadOS 15.3.1, macOS Monterey 12.2.1, and Safari 15.3.
Apple on Thursday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari to address a new WebKit flaw that it said may have been actively exploited in the wild, making it the company's third zero-day patch since the start of the year. Tracked as CVE-2022-22620, the issue concerns a use-after-free vulnerability in the WebKit component that powers the Safari web browser and could be exploited by a piece of specially crafted web content to gain arbitrary code execution.
Microsoft says threat and vulnerability management support for Android and iOS has reached general availability in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the company's enterprise endpoint security platform."Threat and vulnerability management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint continuously monitors and identifies impacted devices, assesses associated risks in the environment, and provides intelligent prioritization and integrated workflows to seamlessly remediate vulnerabilities."
Tracked as CVE-2022-22587, the vulnerability relates to a memory corruption issue in the IOMobileFrameBuffer component that could be abused by a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. The iPhone maker said it's "Aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited," adding it addressed the issue with improved input validation.
Apple has released security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities, with one publicly disclosed and the other exploited in the wild by attackers to hack into iPhones and Macs. The first zero-day patched today [1, 2] is a memory corruption bug in the IOMobileFrameBuffer that affects iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Monterey.
Microsoft says zero-touch onboarding for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on iOS is now available in public preview, allowing enterprise admins to silently install Defender for Endpoint automatically on enrolled devices. "With this new capability, enterprises can now deploy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on iOS devices that are enrolled with Microsoft Endpoint Manager automatically, without needing end-users to interact with the app," Microsoft explained.
Historically, when malware infects an iOS device, it can be removed simply by restarting the device, which clears the malware from memory. When an iPhone is shut off, its screen naturally goes dark, the camera is turned off, 3D touch feedback does not respond to long presses, sounds from calls and notifications are muted, and all vibrations are absent.
A persistent denial-of-service vulnerability has been discovered in Apple's iOS mobile operating system that's capable of sending affected devices into a crash or reboot loop upon connecting to an Apple Home-compatible appliance. HomeKit is Apple's software framework that allows iOS and iPadOS users to configure, communicate with, and control connected accessories and smart-home appliances using Apple devices.
Apple HomeKit is a software framework that lets iPhone and iPad users control smart home appliances from their devices. To demonstate the doorLock bug, Spinolas has released a proof-of-concept exploit in the form of an iOS app that has access to Home data and can change HomeKit device names.
As if the Log4Shell hellscape wasn't already driving everybody starkers, it's time to update iOS 15.2 and a crop of other Apple iGadgets, lest your iPhone get taken over by a malicious app that executes arbitrary code with kernel privileges. To paraphrase one mobile security expert, the iOS 15.2 and iPadOS update - released by Apple on Monday along with updates for macOS, tvOS and watchOS - is as hairy as a Lhasa Apso.