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iPhone devices are at risk, Apple has issued an important warning

If you have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you should update your device as soon as possible because Apple has released a fix for two Zero Day vulnerabilities that hackers can use to steal your personal information. That said, both questions are about the WebKit "engine" used by Safari on all platforms. iOS, iPadOS and macOS are at risk, meaning there is a potentially wide range of devices that could be attacked. One problem is “the processing of Internet content where sensitive information may be exposed. Another problem is that there is a risk of a hacker injecting malicious code because there is a memory error. The fixes are available in iOS 17.1.2, iPadOS 17.1.2, and macOS 14.1.2, as well as Safari 17.1.2 for macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura operating systems. To download the update if you have an iPhone, go to: Settings->General->Software Update, and it should say iOS 17.1.2 available. Apple says the following models are affected:   iPhone XS and later models i...

Update Google Chrome urgently, a serious problem has been detected

  Every update brings with it the chance to exploit a Zero Day vulnerability, and that is something you should protect at all costs. Recently, a Zero Day vulnerability was also spotted for Google Chrome, so Google released an important security update for those with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-6345 and was discovered by the Threat Analysis Group on November 24. It's not detailed yet to avoid further exploitation, but it's known to affect something called Skia – an open source 2D graphics library used in Chrome's graphics engine. Although Google only discovered the issue last week, it's not known how long malicious actors were able to use it, or exactly how much damage it caused. This vulnerability could allow hackers to remotely access personal data and inject malicious code, potentially leading to data theft. Google automatically releases the update to all Chrome browsers, so if you do not already have it, it s...