Apple releases security patches for iOS, MacOS Tahoe, Safari


Apple has released security updates for more than two dozen security vulnerabilities across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

The updates for iOS/iPadOS, MacOS Tahoe, and Safari were issued after testing on iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 betas.

What stands out in the update is that a lot of the vulnerabilities were found in WebKit, the browser engine that powers Safari as well as every browser on iPhone, including Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. It also looks like several of the issues Apple has addressed can be chained together to steal data or run malicious code with little or no user interaction.

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Source:  MalwareBytes Labs


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