Apple releases iOS 15.3.1 to completely fix Safari security flaw

Earlier in January, the FingerprintJS site reported a new security vulnerability inside the Safari browser of iPhone, iPad and Mac computers. The vulnerability is related to the IndexedDB JavaScript API's WebKit found in the Safari 15 browser, thereby allowing hackers to read data from other websites, even web and account activity data. Google is signed in. Basically, this vulnerability allows a malicious website to track other websites that iPhone and iPad users are viewing.

Although Apple previously released an update to iOS 15.3 that also included a patch for the security flaw in the Safari browser, it seems that in the new iOS 15.3.1 version, this vulnerability has been patched in a way. thoroughly. In addition, the new 15.3.1 update also fixes a series of previously outstanding bugs, including fixing Braille screens not working.

To update to the latest iOS 15.3.1 and iPadOS 15.3.1, users can access Settings > General > Software Update, download and install the latest version. The update is about 862MB in size.

David Pac

Update 11 February 2022