Small But Mighty Security Updates - MOSK: 03.12.2025

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Ken Ray

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4.8 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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- Apple Issues OS Updates with Security and Bug Fixes - Mac Rumors Says iOS 18.3.2 Update Reenables Apple Intelligence for Some - Next Round of OS Betas Out to Apple Testers - Apple Intelligence Storage Tough to Uncover in macOS 18.4 Beta - Counterpoint: Smartwatch Market Saw First Ever Drop in 2024 - Quickbooks Online Adding Support for iPhone’s Tap-to-Pay - Apple Vision Pro Gets Metallica Immersive Performance This Friday - New Games and Updates Coming to Apple Arcade - Sponsored by Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code MACOSKEN and get 60% off an annual plan at incogni.com/macosken - A closer look at Apple's App Store age assurance plans PLUS another stab at cyberattacks by post on Checklist No. 414 - online at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: [email protected] or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is Mac OS Ken.
0:08.8	Small but mighty OS updates, tracking the smartwatch market.
0:13.7	And enter Sandman is entering Apple's headset.
0:17.4	It is Wednesday, the 12th of March, 2025.
0:20.4	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken, brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Incogni. Take your personal data back and get 60% off an annual plan with code MacOS Ken at Incogny.com slash macOS can.
0:41.1	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
0:47.5	Find out more than your support at patreon.com slash macOS camp.
0:56.6	As had been telegraphed, Apple released important updates for most of its hardware on Tuesday.
1:03.3	Pieces from Mac Rumors at the company releasing iOS and iPadOS 18.3.2,
1:09.9	Mac OS Sequoia 15.3.2. VisionOS 2.3.2 and TBOS 18.3.1. Apple's release notes for them, at least the ones I could see, say this update provides important bug fixes, security updates,
1:28.3	and addresses an issue that may prevent playback of some streaming content.
1:33.6	It also directs folks to the security updates page for info about that, and yeah, it's there.
1:40.5	Matching security notes regarding a web kit vulnerability for the iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, and VisionOS update say
1:48.3	maliciously crafted web content may be able to break out of web content sandbox. This is a supplementary fix for an attack that was blocked in iOS 17.2. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited at an extremely
2:03.5	sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 17.2.
2:12.6	History does not repeat, but it rhymes. A piece from TechCrunt says in February, Apple used the same language,
2:19.8	an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals for another bug,
2:25.1	but there is no evidence the two attacks are connected. The piece says Apple had not used that
2:30.6	wording before the patches in February. As for this week's patches, the same
2:36.2	tech crunch piece says neither the hackers nor targets were disclosed. The report says Apple
2:42.1	did not respond to a request for comment, which is so unlike them. What does the TVOS update
2:49.2	have in common with the rest?
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