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Apple fixes new security flaw used in ‘extremely sophisticated attack’


The flaw was in the browser engine WebKit, used by Safari and other apps.

Apple released patches for a bug that it says “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals,” citing a report. The zero-day bug was found in WebKit, the browser engine powering Safari and other apps, and allowed hackers to break out of WebKit’s protective sandbox with “maliciously crafted web content,” per Apple. Apple noted that the attack was exploited against devices running software “before iOS 17.2.”

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