Apple Admits to Security Vulnerability That Leaves Crypto Users Exposed—Here’s What You Should Do

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Apple revealed Monday that some of its devices could have been vulnerable to a JavaScript exploit that would allow remote code execution. The vulnerability opened up a new attack vector which could have robbed unwary victims of their crypto.

A recent study suggests that Apple security disclosureThe latest JavaScriptCore software and WebKit must be used to patch this vulnerability. 

The bug, discovered by researchers at Google's threat analysis group, allows for “processing maliciously crafted web content,” This could lead to a “cross-site scripting attack.”

Apple has also confirmed the alarming news. “is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems.”

Apple released an iPhone app. Similar security disclosure For iPhone and iPad users. It says that the JavaScriptCore vulnerabilities allowed for “processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.” 

Apple was made aware of an issue that could allow hackers to take over a user’s iPhone if the website they visited is harmful. Apple stated that an update would fix the problem.

Jeremiah O’Connor is the CTO and founder of Trugard, a crypto-security firm. Decrypt You can also find out more about us here. “attackers could access sensitive data like private keys or passwords” The browser of the unpatched device could be used to steal cryptographic keys.

On Wednesday, revelations about the vulnerabilities within the crypto-community began to circulate on social media. Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao raised the alarm. A tweet Users of Macbooks with Intel processors are advised to update their Macbooks as soon as they can.

What follows is a development March Reports that security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Apple's previous generation chips—its M1, M2, and M3 series that could let hackers steal cryptographic keys.

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The exploit This is not new, leverages “prefetching,” Apple’s M series chips use a prefetching process to improve interactions with its devices. Prefetching is a technique that can be used to store data into the cache of a processor, and then retrieve it to reconstruct an encrypted key.

Unfortunately, ArsTechnica has reported that Apple users are at risk, since the vulnerability is not fixed through software updates. 

A potential Workaround Can alleviate the issue, but these trade off performance for security.

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