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Ask HN: How concrete is the risk from the BLASTPASS 0-day to the average person?

1 pointsby MillionOClockover 1 year ago
Seeing that Apple hasn't yet pushed security patches for iOS <= 15, I was wondering if users who aren't potential targets of large hacking organizations should still be worried? This is my case (some devices still on iOS 15) and I find this a bit unnerving. Are vulnerabilities like this one usually immediately exploitable by non-technical attackers? Or is there still a pretty large delay during which the exploit is still somewhat contained? Thank you

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darkcloudsover 1 year ago
Its a risk that goes beyond Apple but applies to all devices, once the patch is released and the exploit method is published and explained, any competent malicious/curious person could have a go especially if they can string more than one exploit together, so do you trust the people around your devices especially if these devices leave the house?