Apple product users—update your new Apple security patches now!

Apple released security patches iOS 17.7.1 and iPadOS 17.7.1 on October 27, 2024, and patches to iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 on October 28, 2024, to address vulnerabilities and zero day initiatives. These patches should be applied as soon as possible: currently, “an attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information; a malicious app may be able to run arbitrary shortcuts without user consent or access private or sensitive information; processing a maliciously crafted message may lead to a denial-of-service; an app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory; a remote attacker may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox; an app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state; an attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content;” and more.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is alerting users to apply the patches to address the vulnerabilities. If you are an Apple product user, apply those patches now.