Binance has issued a warning that an iOS vulnerability could expose iPhone users’ private keys. Decrypt reports that the vulnerability, called “worse_query,” was disclosed by a researcher just days before Apple released its latest iOS security update.
· Details of the vulnerability and its scope currently come from the researcher’s disclosure and Binance’s warning; Apple has not publicly confirmed them;
· The key caveat is that while the vulnerability’s name and timing of its disclosure have been publicly discussed, Apple has made no official statement on whether it can actually be exploited.
Will your iPhone wait for a security update, or will you check it yourself right away?
· Details of the vulnerability and its scope currently come from the researcher’s disclosure and Binance’s warning; Apple has not publicly confirmed them;
· The key caveat is that while the vulnerability’s name and timing of its disclosure have been publicly discussed, Apple has made no official statement on whether it can actually be exploited.
Will your iPhone wait for a security update, or will you check it yourself right away?
