CVE-2022-22674

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Apple has released updates for its mobile and desktop operating systems to patch security holes that may well have been exploited in the wild. On Thursday, the iPhone giant issued macOS Monterey 12.3.1; iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1; tvOS 15.4.1; and watchOS 8.5.1 to address vulnerabilities in its software. The Monterey release closes CVE-2022-22675, an out-of-bounds write flaw reported by an anonymous researcher, in the driver-level AppleAVD audio-video decoder. This can be abused by an applicat...

Get our weekly newsletter About 35-40 per cent of iGiant's desktop OS installs potentially vulnerable, says Intego Apple emits macOS, iOS, iPadOS patches for 'exploited' security bugs

Apple last week patched two actively exploited vulnerabilities in macOS Monterey yet has left users of older supported versions of its desktop operating system unprotected. In a blog post on Tuesday, security biz Intego said fixes applied to address CVE-2022-22675 (AppleAVD bug) and CVE-2022-22674 (Intel Graphics Driver bug) in macOS Monterey were not backported to macOS Big Sur or macOS Catalina. The AppleAVD issue is unpatched for macOS Big Sur, said Joshua Long, chief security analyst for Int...

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In brief The notorious Russian-aligned Conti ransomware gang has upped the ante in its attack against Costa Rica, threatening to overthrow the government if it doesn't pay a $20 million ransom.  Costa Rican president Rodrigo Chaves said that the country is effectively at war with the gang, who in April infiltrated the government's computer systems, gaining a foothold in 27 agencies at various government levels. The US State Department has offered a $15 million reward leading to the capture ...