Apple has published iOS 18.3.2 and it comes with a warning to update your iPhone now. It is because … (+)
Apple has published iOS 18.3.2 and it comes with a warning to update your iPhone now. Indeed, iOS 18.3.2 solves a unique but serious security problem already used in real attacks.
Apple does not provide much details on what is corrected in iOS 18.3.2, so iPhone users have time to update their devices before more attackers can get the details. However, it is clear that the iPhone manufacturer considers the only patch in iOS 18.3.2 as an urgent, because it comes from itself and only a month after its iOS 18.3.1 release.
Monitoring like CVE-2025-24201The Flaw Webkit, the engine underlying the Safari browser, could allow web content maliciously designed to get web content sandbox.
The iOS 18.3.2 update is an additional solution for an attack that has been blocked in iOS 17.2, Apple said on its assistance page. “Apple is aware of a report that this problem may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on the iOS iOS 17.2 versions,” added the iPhone manufacturer.
iOS 18.3.2 solves a serious security problem
On February 10, Apple published iOS 18.3.1, solving a security problem that could allow devices to connect to your iPhone and steal data. The bug corrected in iOS 18.3.2 is more serious in some respects, because vulnerability can be exploited by a distant attacker operating from anywhere in the world.
Although this may seem frightening, fortunately, the vulnerability corrected in iOS 18.3.2 has only been used in targeted attacks against specific persons. This indicates that an opponent at the national level could have used the fault to spy on individuals, so if you do not correspond to the support of journalist, dissident or companies operating in certain sectors, you do not have too much problem.
IOS 18.3.2 of Apple also corrects a bug that could prevent the reading of streaming content.
But be notified, some users say again that the Apple Intelligence in automatic activity by default by default, according to an article on Reddit. You may want to turn it off and if so, you can read how in my guide.
Why should you update now towards iOS 18.3.2
It is true that the problem solved in iOS 18.3.2 was used in targeted attacks, however, it is only a matter of time before the defect was used by other opponents. This makes important that all iPhone users update iOS 18.3.2 as soon as possible
IOS 18.3.2 Apple and iPados 18.3.2 are available for the iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13 inches, iPad Pro 12.9 inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11 inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later and iPad mini generation and later.
So what are you waiting for? Access Settings> General> Software update and update to iOS 18.3.2 Now.
