Submitted 9 months ago by andrewta@lemmy.world to [deleted]
i know that iphone 7 can’t run ios 16 but they can still get security patches when needed.
better question is ios 15.7.8 even at risk for this security issue?
Apple, in particular, seems a favorite target of NSO. And Apple seems intent on winning their game of whack-a-mole. It would expect them to patch as far back as justifiable and feasible.
Maybe it will get it, I remember 2-3 years ago, they even updated all the way to the iPhone 4 for a security patch
Apple patches older releases for zero day bugs. If there is no patch, then usually it means the exploit doesn’t work on that older release.
That’s hardly a guarantee. In this specific case the problem lies in a shared library that has been part of iOS for ages (iOS 6+).
Older iOS releases get some security updates, but not all. If your device doesn’t run the latest version of iOS, you can’t just assume the updates you’re not getting aren’t applicable to your OS.
You can still mitigate the issue by turning on Lockdown mode, though.
Does anyone know if ios 15 is even vulnerable? or was this an exploit introduced in 16? Given the lack of response on 15 I would assume its not.
VelociCatTurd@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes they are at risk. I don’t think we know yet if there will be a patch. For my iPad mini on iOS 15, I’ve turned off iMessage on it (it’s wifi only).
It seems to be a very critical flaw so I think there’s a good chance they will put out a security patch for iOS 15.