I’m curious if my phone has been compromised. The amount of spam calls and texts I get have gone through the roof. Many texts are filled with odd characters or appear to be normal HTTP links but I’m guessing they are trying to exploit something.<p>Does restarting help? I am hesitant to do a clean install after receiving a weird text but I usually delete the text and restart my phone.<p>Even my work phone is starting to get spam calls and texts and I haven’t even given the number to more than 5 people.
macOS Big Sur 11.2 Release Candidate 2 was released Monday to beta testers, but 11.2 has not yet shipped to the public. iOS and macOS share a lot of code, as you can see in the security release notes for previous OS updates, so it's likely that Tuesday's iOS update has now 0dayed at least Safari Mac if not macOS too. Hopefully Mac updates are coming today.
After Apple dumped Parler from the App Store, A piece of fake news was immediately circulating telling people to "turn off auto-update" on their phones to "prevent apple from removing Parler".<p>After Apple fell for the fake news that the attacks were planned on Parler (they were planned on Facebook), their predictable reaction seems to have played right into the hands of attackers.<p>Fascinating game of chess, but unfortunately normal people are on the losing end. A bunch of exploited devices in the wild is good for exactly nobody, no matter your political opinion.