And without even needing to install anything! "Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution."
And without even needing to install anything! "Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution."
What happens if your device is already infected? Does the update process replace all OS files or could an infected device still contain malware after upgrade to 10.3?
Are there tools or apps that can report system level logs, e.g. could iOS 10.3 detect and report if known-malicious files are present on a device?
Or should we assume that competent attackers are hoarding sandbox escapes and thus most app vulnerabilities can be escalated to device compromise?
Reason is that it isn't worthwhile to spend time on that. Firstly, it is typically impossible to prove that a vulnerability cannot lead to arbitrary code execution (to do so, you would likely have to know _all_ vulnerabilities in your code), and secondly, defense in depth still requires plugging all holes, even if you can _now_ prove they just lead to an impregnable barrier.
And already infected devices very, very likely are safe after a reboot (the OS will only run signed code, and the malware isn't signed, or even considered code), but still may carry files that could infect systems running older iOS versions.
My presumption with any technology is that there are security risks and issues. What is more concerning to me is the absence of information about these risks and issues.
Apple had a nice time for years while Microsoft acted as a honeypot for crackers. The absence of published problems for Apple products was merely an indication that crackers and researchers were not attempting to poke holes into the Apple ecosystem.