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  • What it means when Apple says a security vulnerability "may" have been

    From allspam@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 16 10:58:00 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    "On the Apple security update page, Apple wrote that Apple management
    'is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.'

    This is the language Apple uses when someone alerts the company that they
    have observed hackers exploiting a bug against targets in the real world,
    as opposed to a vulnerability found by a researcher in a controlled environment"

    https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/13/apple-releases-new-fix-for-iphone-zero-day-exploited-by-hackers/

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to allspam on Sat Feb 18 04:33:21 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2023-02-16, allspam <[email protected]d> wrote:

    "On the Apple security update page, Apple wrote that Apple management
    'is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively
    exploited.'

    This is the language Apple uses when someone alerts the company that
    they have observed hackers exploiting a bug against targets in the
    real world, as opposed to a vulnerability found by a researcher in a controlled environment"

    Thanks, Captain Obvious! : D

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