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Apple patches “clickless” 0-day image processing vulnerability in iOS, macOS (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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"BLASTPASS" bug can install malware without user interaction.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Edit: turns out the flaw is exploited by way of an attachment that LM stops from loading. So in this case, LM would save you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't the article contradict what you just said?

"We believe, and Apple’s Security Engineering and Architecture team has confirmed to us, that Lockdown Mode blocks this particular attack," Citizen Lab said.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Edited. Still a sledgehammer approach imo.