Apple Plugs Two More Security Holes Likely Exploited by Spyware Actors

Apple has issued a new round of updates to address security holes said to be exploited by attackers in the wild. iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2 [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031] bring no features to the table. Instead, the updates are meant to squarely address two weaknesses in the WebKit web rendering engine shared by all things Apple. Tracked as CVE-2023-42916 and CVE-2023-42917, the flaws can be abused to execute “arbitrary” code on a target device, meaning a threat actor could theor