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Apple Confirms Zero-Day Attacks Hitting macOS Systems

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262 points fortran77 | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 00:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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grupthink ◴[20 Nov 24 02:39 UTC] No.42190361[source]▶
I have a perfectly functional iPad 5 that no longer receives software updates. It'd be cool if Apple would at least give it security updates, or allow alternative browser engines that don't have this vulnerability. If my iPad gets pwned, my day is going to suck.
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wannacboatmovie[dead post] ◴[20 Nov 24 02:53 UTC] No.42190441[source]▶
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1. stephen_g ◴[20 Nov 24 03:51 UTC] No.42190688[source]▶
It's probably because the first bit isn't really true (iPads have a longer supported life than many Android tablets, for example I updated my 2018 iPad Pro with the most recent iPadOS 18.1.1 including this security fix earlier today). And given that the silly joke falls flat.

The iPad 5 in question from the OP supports iPadOS 16 and that last got a security update in August of this year. So if it hasn't got an update today then possibly the vulnerability was only introduced in iOS / iPadOS 17.