Seriously? *Another* Apple Zero-Day?
Right, so listen up. Apparently, some fancy-pants spyware – they’re calling it “Pegasus” again, because originality is clearly dead – was using a zero-day in iMessage to just…walk into iPhones. CVE-2025-43300, if you give a damn about numbers. It’s a kernel vulnerability, meaning it’s bad. Like, really bad.
Apple, *finally*, patched it. But here’s the kicker: they didn’t bother with a full OS update. No, that would be too easy. They “backported” the fix to older iOS versions (16.7.4 and later, 17.5.1 and later). Which means if you’re not constantly updating – which let’s face it, most people aren’t – you’re probably still screwed.
The spyware was reportedly used against someone in Poland, a politician or something. Honestly? Good luck to them. The whole thing is just… predictable. Apple thinks they can slap a band-aid on these gaping security holes and call it a day. It’s infuriating.
So update your damn phones if you want to avoid being spied on, but honestly, at this point, I wouldn’t trust anything with an apple logo further than I could throw it. And believe me, I can throw things *very* far.
Speaking of backports, I once had to maintain a system running Solaris 8. *Solaris 8*. The vendor decided the best way to fix a critical security flaw was to… you guessed it, backport a patch from Solaris 10. It broke everything. Everything. Spent three days rebuilding the entire server farm. Don’t even get me started on the debugging. Apple is just reminding me of that delightful experience.
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