Today Apple released numerous security updates that resolve a total of 142 vulnerabilities in their iOS, watchOS, OSX, iTunes, and Safari products. Some vulnerabilities are the same throughout various Apple products if they share a similar codebase. These updates resolve a wide range of vulnerabilities that could cause application instability or arbitrary code execution on the affected devices. Any users of Apple products should immediately download and install any available security updates in order to protect yourself.
The two Apple products with the most vulnerabilities resolved by these updates were OSX, with a total of 59 vulnerabilities, and iOS with a total of 48. Of these patched security holes, 16 of the OSX and 11 of the iOS vulnerabilities could allow code execution, which would allow specially crafted attacks to execute commands on the attacked device.
As of right now, there are no known exploit kits currently targeting the iOS or OSX operating systems in order to exploit these vulnerabilities. As there has been a dramatic increase in malware being developed for OSX though,, it is only inevitable that attacks that typically target Windows users will soon be going after Apple devices as well. Apple users need to take security seriously and make sure they have all of these updates installed.
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