Hours before Apple publicly acknowledged the bug — branded “FacePalm” by security researchers — on Monday, Timothy D. Cook, the company’s chief executive, tweeted that “we all must insist on action and reform for vital privacy protections.”After the vulnerability became public, security researchers and politicians raised concerns about the security of Apple’s products. To pre-empt security attacks, in 2016 Apple started offering hackers a $200,000 bounty if they flagged bugs to the company. As a precaution, make sure your iPhone or iPad is plugged in to a power source when installing the update. ■ On a Mac, open the App Store app. When the download is finished, make sure your power cable is plugged in and restart the computer.

Source: New York Times February 01, 2019 14:48 UTC