emergency updates released by Apple on Friday

[Crawldad]

Apple released emergency updates for iPhones and iPads on Friday.

https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-under-attack-ios-zero-day

to update: open the Settings app on your iPhone, go to General, click on Software Update, and finally click Download and Install.
It’s best to make sure your iPhone is connected to a charging cord, and Wi-Fi is required to be enabled.

After about 15 to 20 minutes of “downloading” and “preparing update”, you will be given the choice to “Install now”.
Once you click “Install now”, the phone will reboot and install the update (another 15 minutes).

If your iPhone has not been updated recently, allow for more time.

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[OldGuyNewJeep]

Apple released emergency updates for iPhones and iPads on Friday.

https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-under-attack-ios-zero-day

to update: open the Settings app on your iPhone, go to General, click on Software Update, and finally click Download and Install.
It’s best to make sure your iPhone is connected to a charging cord, and Wi-Fi is required to be enabled.

After about 15 to 20 minutes of “downloading” and “preparing update”, you will be given the choice to “Install now”.
Once you click “Install now”, the phone will reboot and install the update (another 15 minutes).

If your iPhone has not been updated recently, allow for more time.

I make my elderly mom and other non-savvy family members turn on automatic updates. Navigate there as shown above, and then toggle these on:

 

[Crawldad]

the auto updates do not always work. some people dont know how to connect to wifi, and their phone will never update over a cell only connection. it will also not update if the battery is below a certain point, and no charger is attached.

too many people depend on the "auto update" feature which does not always work.

 

[rustyshakelford]

Anything good in this update? What makes it an emergency?

Read the link but don’t really understand what it’s saying

brett

 

[Crawldad]

a quick translation: websites can have code on them that gets your passwords to all the other websites on your phone you have saved.

that data can be uploaded/sold on the "dark web"

"cross-site scripting"

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