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Apple released\u00a0iOS 18.6.2\u00a0on Aug. 20 to patch a\u00a0zero-day\u00a0vulnerability that it says “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” If you’re an\u00a0iPhone\u00a0user, download this update as soon as possible — preferably right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can download iOS 18.6.2 by going to Settings<\/strong>, then tapping General<\/strong>. Next, select Software Update<\/strong>, then tap Update Now<\/strong> and follow the prompts on your screen.<\/p>\n According to Apple, the issue was found in\u00a0Image I\/O, a framework that lets applications read and write most image formats. “Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption,”\u00a0Apple\u00a0wrote online.\u00a0<\/p>\n The important update, which fixes a critical security flaw, comes a few weeks before\u00a0iOS 26’s expected release.\u00a0<\/p>\n While you may not be the target of this attack, it’s still important to update your device to protect it and its data.\u00a0<\/p>\n Here are the full release notes for iOS 18.6.2.<\/p>\n This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.<\/p>\n For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:<\/p>\n https:\/\/support.apple.com\/100100<\/p>\n For more iOS news, here’s what to know about iOS 18.6.1, my first impressions of the beta version of iOS 26 and our iOS 26 cheat sheet.<\/p>\n Watch this:<\/strong> Apple Watch Could Become the Perfect AI Gadget\n <\/p>\n 05:38<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Apple released\u00a0iOS 18.6.2\u00a0on Aug. 20 to patch a\u00a0zero-day\u00a0vulnerability that it says “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” If you’re an\u00a0iPhone\u00a0user, download this update as soon as possible — preferably right now.\u00a0 You can download iOS 18.6.2 by going to Settings, then tapping General. Next, select Software Update, then<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[10222,10221,10224,1964,2713,10223],"class_list":{"0":"post-17030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-18-6-2","9":"tag-download","10":"tag-exploit","11":"tag-ios","12":"tag-patch","13":"tag-zeroday"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}