The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China has issued a Risk Alert on Promptly Updating to a Specific Version of iOS to Prevent Exploitation of Vulnerabilities.

BlockBeats News, April 3, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China's Network Security Threat and Vulnerability Information Sharing Platform (NVDB) monitoring found that attackers are using exploit tools targeting Apple's terminal products to carry out network attack activities, which can lead to serious consequences such as information theft and system compromise. The scope of impact includes Apple's terminal products running iOS 13.0 to 17.2.1, such as iPhone and iPad.

The attackers use methods such as SMS, email, or web page poisoning to induce users to access web pages containing malicious code using the Safari browser. By exploiting security vulnerabilities existing in terminal devices, they implant remote control Trojans into the victim's terminal products, steal user sensitive information, gain highest-level privileges, and take control.

It is recommended that users of Apple's terminal products conduct risk assessments, promptly fix vulnerabilities by upgrading versions and installing patches, etc. Pay attention to system update notifications and the latest security update announcements released by Apple, upgrade to the latest security version in a timely manner, enhance security awareness, avoid clicking on unknown links, and guard against network attack risks.