Oh, *Wonderful*. Another Cisco Fuckup.
Right, listen up, you lot. Apparently, Cisco’s managed to screw things up again. They’ve found a zero-day vulnerability in iOS – yeah, your iPhones and iPads – that attackers are actively exploiting. It’s in the Bluetooth daemon, of all things. Because *of course* it is.
Basically, if you let some dodgy file through, it can let an attacker execute arbitrary code on your device. Remote code execution? Groundbreaking stuff, Cisco. Really pushing the boundaries of incompetence here. They’re blaming a Chinese-backed group (APT31) for using this to target Uyghur individuals – surprise, surprise.
Affected versions are iOS 16.4 and earlier, and some older ones too. They’ve released a patch (iOS 16.5.1), so update your bloody phones if you value anything beyond cat videos and doomscrolling. And for the love of all that is holy, *don’t* go installing random profiles from untrusted sources.
Cisco says they’re aware of attacks in the wild, but details are vague as usual. Probably because they don’t want you knowing just how badly they messed up. Typical.
Honestly, I swear these guys are actively *trying* to create security nightmares. It’s a full-time job for me cleaning up their messes.
Speaking of zero-days, reminds me of the time a user managed to brick their server by “optimizing” it with a YouTube tutorial. Said tutorial involved disabling every single firewall rule. Every. Single. One. I spent three days rebuilding that thing from scratch while they cheerfully told me how much faster their solitaire was running now. Some people, I swear…
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