Create an image of a young person behind a MacBook. The room is dark, but their face and body are illuminated by the glow of the laptop’s screen. We see the MacBook open with the illuminated Apple icon facing out. Cartoon in style. Aspect ratio 16:9.
Apple has posted a “zero-day alert,” which is geekspeak for system vulnerabilities serious enough to warrant a software update. I just updated my iPhone, MacBooks, and iPads – you should, too.
For my geekiest readers: the identified vulnerabilities are particularly concerning because they affect WebKit, the rendering engine used for all third-party web browsers on iOS and iPadOS, including popular ones like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. Apple’s restriction – “Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate WebKit framework and WebKit JavaScript” – makes Webkit a particularly inviting target.
For normal people: Do not put this off. Go to the settings menu on all your Apple devices and update your software ASAP.
You know the cliché: “Security is a lot like oxygen. You don’t miss it until it isn’t there.”
Author’s note: This is not a sponsored post. I am the author of this article and it expresses my own opinions. I am not, nor is my company, receiving compensation for it. This work was created with the assistance of various generative AI models.