Apple has 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 – "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."
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