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In 2022, Apple earned $394.3 billion in revenue, with 52% of that revenue coming from iPhone sales*.
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The second largest division is Apple Services, which accounted for 19% of the revenue*.
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232 million iPhones, 61 million iPads, and 26 million Mac and MacBook units were sold in 2022*.
. While the company did not provide extensive information on the fixes, it indicated that the update resolved the issues, which were identified as CVE-2023-28205 and CVE-2023-28206. Apple’s security page lists recent releases, but it does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until patches or updates are available.
The first vulnerability, CVE-2023-28205, was described by security firm Sophos as a “hole in WebKit” that could allow a compromised website to take control of an affected browser or app that uses WebKit to display HTML content. Apple’s own Safari browser is vulnerable, as are other browsers and apps that use WebKit. CVE-2023-28206, the second vulnerability, involves a security hole in IOSurfaceAccelerator that could enable an app to execute code with kernel privileges, potentially allowing an attacker to target the core of iOS if the vulnerability is not patched.
According to Sophos and other security researchers, users should update their Apple devices that use iOS 16.4 as soon as possible. Apple acknowledged on its website that it was “aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited” in both cases.
Steps to manually update an iPhone or iPad
- Navigate to Settings, General, and Software Update,
- Click Download and Install.
- On Macs, users should go to the Apple menu
- Select System Settings
- Click on Software Update.
In addition to iOS 16.4.1, Apple released updates to iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, Safari 16.4, Studio Display Firmware Update 16.4, watchOS 9.4, tvOS 16.4, macOS Big Sur 11.7.5, macOS Monterey 12.6.4, and macOS Ventura 13.3 upgrades. These updates cover all models of iPhone 6s, iPhone 7s, the first generation iPhone SE, iPad Air 2, later iPad Minis, and the seventh generation iPod touch.
*Source: https://www.businessofapps.com/
