Apple releases critical security update for older iPhones and iPads to address Coruna exploit

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• Apple releases iOS and iPadOS updates for older devices
• Updates fix Coruna exploit targeting older iPhones and iPads
• Users urged to install updates to prevent financial fraud

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Cupertino-based tech giant Apple has released iOS 15 and iPadOS 16 updates for older iPhone and iPad models that cannot upgrade to more recent builds of Apple's iPhone and iPad mobile operating systems. These updates address the Coruna vulnerability disclosed last week by Google and iVerify, which has chained multiple vulnerabilities to target iPhones running older iOS versions and dupe these Apple users with financial fraud.

Apple releases security updates to remove the Coruna exploit

A few days ago, Google and iVerify published details on Coruna, an exploit that chained multiple vulnerabilities to target iPhones and iPads running older system versions. This particular exploit reportedly leverages five full iOS exploit chains and 23 vulnerabilities to older Apple models, and to break into your device using one of its tools from the exploit kit.

Moreover, the Coruna exploit can also scan the photos in a device by using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to understand the text inside the images, allowing the hackers to even procure bank passwords or pins. The exploit could also enter your online banking account from another device and can download a specific module from the web that is customised to hack that app.

However, to counter this security bug, Apple has released a new iOS 16.7.15 security update for the iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones. Further, other models, such as the iPhone SE, iPhone 7, and iPhone 6S, have received the iOS 15.8.7 update. Similar security updates were also pushed out for certain iPad models. These particular updates address kernel and WebKit vulnerabilities associated with the Coruna exploit, and claim to “devices that cannot update to the latest iOS version.” If you are a user of one of these smartphones, you should immediately go to Settings > General > Software Update and follow the directions to install this important security update.