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Comment from Apple and NSO GroupĪpple later on Monday released the following statement to media outlets, attributable to Ivan Krstić, the company's head of security engineering. 14), and it's likely that the iPhone 13 will be unveiled along with iOS 15. It's not yet clear whether either zero-day flaw patched today is involved.Īpple kicks off its annual fall extravaganza Tuesday (Sept. Soon after Apple released the patches, Reuters posted a story about the intelligence services of the United Arab Emirates hacking the iPhones of domestic political activists and foreign diplomats and politicians. As with the other flaw, Apple says that it is "aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited."

This flaw affects iOS, iPadOS, Big Sur and Safari, but not watchOS or Catalina. It is a flaw in WebKit, the Safari rendering engine, and its discovery is credited to "an anonymous researcher."Īpple states that "processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution" - again, nasty web stuff can hack your device. The other vulnerability, catalogued as CVE-2021-30858, is more mysterious. No user action is needed to trigger the exploit, leading information-security experts to call it a "zero-click exploit." The exploit permits takeover of an iPhone if the user receives a message in iMessage. Today, Citizen Lab disclosed (opens in new tab) that the same exploit was used on an iPhone belonging to a Saudi political activist. The researchers called the exploit of the vulnerability "FORCEDENTRY" and said it was used by the Pegasus spyware, commercial spyware developed and distributed by Israel-based NSO Group. Should your location change, your contact will receive an update.This flaw was discovered last month by Citizen Lab (opens in new tab) researchers at the University of Toronto who had examined the iPhones of nine Bahraini dissidents. If you have set an emergency contact, your iPhone will automatically send that contact a text message with your current location.

If you choose Call with 5 Presses, you can use Emergency SOS by should rapidly pressing the side button five times, and the same screen will appear. If you choose Call with Hold, you can activate Emergency SOS by pressing and holding the side button and one of the volume buttons until the Emergency SOS slider appears, then drag the slider to make the call.

Choose if you want to Call with Hold or Call with 5 Presses.

This is how you can set Emergency SOS on: The number your phone will call automatically adjusts to the local area. Without even taking your phone out of your pocket, you can dial 911 and inform your emergency contact of your location. If you're in a life-threatening situation, you can use your phone to call emergency services in your region.