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Make Sure to Update: iOS 18.1.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1.1 Fix Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities

hm, strange. Nothing for Ventura or Sonoma yet.
Does that mean those MacOS are not vulnerable or Apple have not yet released the fixes?
 
ignatius345 said:
Whatever happened to those Rapid Security Response patches they were supposed to be able to deploy quickly?
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Remember the first hot-rushed one and how it panned out:
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iOS 17.7.2 and Safari 18.1.1 for macOS 14 Sonoma are also available with, presumably, the same security fixes.
 
thebig93 said:
I'm downloading iOS 17.7.2 right now. The only thing for macOS 14 was an upgrade to Safari 18.1.1 (so far).
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Yep. Safari 18.1.1 will include the patched WebKit and JavaScriptCore so it's presumably enough to fix the security issues on macOS 14.
 
ignatius345 said:
Whatever happened to those Rapid Security Response patches they were supposed to be able to deploy quickly? Are those being used? I see so many urgent system updates, but I can't remember getting a Rapid Security Response thing automatically.
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Rapid Security Response could hit the marketing mantra that "there are no virus on mac".

Better to use the usual term "update", it has a positive perception, linked to the concept of "new feature too".
 
After updating my iPhone 14 Pro to iOS 18.1, during a call and its Dynamic Island animation, the clock on the upper corner doesn’t show up anymore.
This happens only in calls, in other circumstances it is like it used to.
Already tried hard resetting the iPhone.
iOS 18.1.1 didn’t fix this.
Anyone else?
 

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Lizzard899 said:
They didnt fix any bugs....I feel like they just pushed it out for Thanksgiving. IOS 18 has been a mess. Messed up icloud storage (doesn't collabrate the correct number), issues with messages app where messages show up as group text when its only 1 single text between me and 1 other person. The list goes on and on. I bet the notes app isn't fixed either
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I haven't seen problems on any of the phones I manage. I wonder what the issues are? Related to devices?
 
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davide_eu said:
Rapid Security Response could hit the marketing mantra that "there are no virus on mac".

Better to use the usual term "update", it has a positive perception, linked to the concept of "new feature too".
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I've never heard Apple say there are no viruses on the Mac. You have? I've heard some informed opinions that historically there were less issues than on Windows, but that had much to do with Windows old DLL construction. I help a lot of people with Mac's even managed a Mac network for a Fortune 500. I would never say there are no viruses on the Mac or on IOS. If you know a professional saying this you need to correct them as best you can.
 
When security fixes are released in updates such as these, but there is no simultaneous update for the current beta versions (iOS 18.2 and macOS 15.2), should such security fixes normally already be included in the most recent beta versions (even if that hasn’t been stated), or would that normally have to wait until later beta updates?
 
ignatius345 said:
Whatever happened to those Rapid Security Response patches they were supposed to be able to deploy quickly? Are those being used? I see so many urgent system updates, but I can't remember getting a Rapid Security Response thing automatically.
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I guess there is a particularly high bar of severity in order to justify deploying a rapid response fix. This type of automatic, forced update is high-risk, as demonstrated by the CrowdStrike incident earlier this year. Apple would need to be certain that any exploit is severe enough and urgent enough to justify the potential downsides.
 
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I installed it on all 5 of our Macs in the house, 4 went great and were fast. But my MacMini M2 Pro is bricked, worked on it a few hours today, now I’m done for tonight. Tomorrow I’ll work on it again. 🤷
 
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Looks like some extras beyond security patching … my safari now has a bug where opening a new tab is missing the favorites/shortcuts stuff.
 
ignatius345 said:
Whatever happened to those Rapid Security Response patches they were supposed to be able to deploy quickly? Are those being used? I see so many urgent system updates, but I can't remember getting a Rapid Security Response thing automatically.
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Rapid security Response is for really exceptional cases, such as an easily exploitable zero day remote code execution issue that’s widely exploited in the wild. It’s a good thing when that mechanism doesn’t have to be used.
 
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Art Mark said:
I've never heard Apple say there are no viruses on the Mac. You have? I've heard some informed opinions that historically there were less issues than on Windows, but that had much to do with Windows old DLL construction. I help a lot of people with Mac's even managed a Mac network for a Fortune 500. I would never say there are no viruses on the Mac or on IOS. If you know a professional saying this you need to correct them as best you can.
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www.wired.com

Apple Drops 'We Don't Get PC Viruses' Schtick

Apple has made a small change to a Mac marketing webpage that is a big deal to people who care about computer security. We're talking about the
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Does it have the fix for the bug that turned camera quality to crap on M1 MacBook Pros in 15.1? Not updating unless that is fixed.
 
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