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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Install iOS 17.4.1 now to patch 2 new zero-day vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:36:37 -0000 (UTC)
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Enrico Papaloma <enrico@papaloma.net> wrote:
> On 4/24/2024 4:51 PM, Chris wrote:
>>> Install iOS 17.4.1 now to patch 2 new zero-day vulnerabilities.
>> 
>> You're a month late. 17.4.1 was released a month ago.
> 
> The article is dated "April 24, 2024 3:00 a.m. PT" as it's advice to people
> who would normally skip the 17.4.1 release since many people wait for 17.5.
> 
> The advice is that these iOS zero-day holes that Apple didn't find are so
> severe, the recommendation is for iPhone owners to update even if they were
> intending to wait for iOS 17.5 before running yet another update cycle.

There's no reason to wait that long to install updates. 

> These are the 2 0-day holes that Google found that Apple missed in testing.

Which is why all updates should be installed. Doesn't matter which OS.