iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware. It is the operating system that powers many of the company’s mobile devices, including the iPhone and iPod Touch; the term also included the versions running on iPads until the name iPadOS was introduced with version 13 in 2019. It is the world’s second-most widely installed mobile operating system, after Android. It is the basis for three other operating systems made by Apple: iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS. It is proprietary software, although some parts of it are open source under the Apple Public Source License and other licenses.
Vulnerability
The latest versions iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1 bring with themselves a crucial update to patch a zero day remote code execution vulnerability. Without the patch, your iOS device is vulnerable to an attacker executing code on the system which could lead to full remote control.
The vulnerability was reported to Apple Inc. by an anonymous security researcher.
Endnote
Cybermetrics cares for its readers. Cybermetrics highly recommends that the users of iOS and iPadOS update their softwares to the latest versions at all times.
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