Apple emergency updates fix 3 new zero-days exploited in attacks

I agree this is a pretty terrible look for Apple. And it's annoying as a consumer.

I've noticed that these zero days almost always affect macOS and watchOS too. You can see that new versions of both have also dropped today: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

So as a consumer, I am having to update my phone, tablet and laptop frequently now to guard against attacks that were actively exploited in the wild.

I will be really curious to see what Apple does about this. They've already introduced a "Lockdown" mode and rapid security response updates but I would not be surprised if this galvanizes an even bigger shift.

Perhaps this is the start of AI hacking in the real world

Given sandboxing, it's unlikely we'll see many one off exploits. Every successful exploit affects multiple components now.

No because anybody could have gotten ahold of the release version of iOS 17 well before Monday when it was officially released. It was on the beta channel, which I believe anybody can opt into. Apple wouldn't wait to squeeze in a fix for a security exploit for a major marketing version update of their OS.

In general when something is actively exploited in the wild there is no embargo allowed.

But there is not much information available, probably due to researchers having their hands full. Or maybe its a private agreement with Apple