• Re: Apple zero day bugs never end - long list added to today for macOS

    From Alan Baker@21:1/5 to Robin Goodfellow on Fri Sep 24 21:12:59 2021
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2021-09-24 9:06 p.m., Robin Goodfellow wrote:
    *To own an Apple device is to live in constant _fear_ of zero-day holes!*.

    There are so many zero-day bugs in both iOS and macOS that hackers stopped accepting them & today it's reported there are more that Apple never finds.

    The vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2021-30869) is long exploited in the wild.

    *More zero-days found (never found by Apple!) in older iOS & macOS kernels* <https://www.techradar.com/sg/news/apple-releases-emergency-ios-and-macos-security-patch-so-update-now>

    "The vulnerability impacts iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air,
    iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation) running iOS
    12.5.5, along with Macs running macOS Catalina."


    Every technology company that makes software has zero-day bugs, Arlen.

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Robin Goodfellow on Sat Sep 25 15:34:38 2021
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2021-09-25, Robin Goodfellow <Ancient-of-Days@Heaven.Net> wrote:

    The vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2021-30869) is long exploited in the wild.

    "The vulnerability impacts iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air,
    iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation) running iOS
    12.5.5, along with Macs running macOS Catalina."

    This vulnerability is in old versions of the operating systems, and
    devices running the latest versions of macOS (11.6) and iOS (15) are unaffected. People with devices running those old versions should
    install iOS 12.5.5 and macOS Catalina 10.15.7 updates to resolve the
    issue.

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    JR

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  • From Bob Campbell@21:1/5 to Jolly Roger on Sun Sep 26 22:27:20 2021
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

    This vulnerability is in old versions of the operating systems, and
    devices running the latest versions of macOS (11.6) and iOS (15) are unaffected. People with devices running those old versions should
    install iOS 12.5.5 and macOS Catalina 10.15.7 updates to resolve the
    issue.

    Of course, it knows this. But, trolls gotta troll.

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  • From Robin Goodfellow@21:1/5 to Bob Campbell on Mon Sep 27 04:23:31 2021
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    Bob Campbell <none@none.none> asked
    Of course, it knows this. But, trolls gotta troll.

    *What Bob Campbell proved by that is he _hates_ facts about Apple products.*

    While I commend Jolly Roger for a sensible update, I must point out that on
    the _adult_ OS newsgroups (e.g., Linux, Windows, & Android) nobody calls someone a troll for posting factual information about the operating system.

    It's only on the child-like Apple newsgroups where people like this "Bob Campbell" exist who are so childish that they think calling a person an "it"
    is an insult.

    Not only is that their cleverest insult possible - but they believe that they're actually insulting someone (much as when Lewis calls anyone with
    facts he doesn't like a "girl").
    --
    It's only on the child-like Apple newsgroups that people _hate_ facts
    about their operating system (adult OS newsgroups _welcome_ all facts).

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  • From Alan Baker@21:1/5 to Robin Goodfellow on Sun Sep 26 22:28:51 2021
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2021-09-26 9:23 p.m., Robin Goodfellow wrote:
    Bob Campbell <none@none.none> asked
    Of course, it knows this. But, trolls gotta troll.

    *What Bob Campbell proved by that is he _hates_ facts about Apple products.*

    What he showed is that he knows a troll when he see one, Arlen.

    <SNIP>

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