ADVERTISEMENTThe rushed announcement of 9.3.5 patch update by Apple in what some observers describe as a "horrible week" for Apple is not that surprising, given the target of Mobile phones by hacker today as it becomes the credit card and personal assistant of everything. Time seems to have caught up with Apple, which historically appeared immune to cyber threats with its curated iOS operating system, but this time it has been exposed with three critical weaknesses called "exploits", or attack areas that when combined together, make the phone vulnerable to hackers. It was again a customer and 3rd party Citizen Lab working with human rights and pro-democracy activist Ahmed Mansoor, who alerted Apple to the threat rather than Apple being aware of this threat. This is increasingly called "zero day" giving no time to the alert the manufacturer to the attack. The attack seems to have been politically motivated in this case with the human-rights activist receiving unsolicited text but is serious for Apple in that it undermines their brand and ecosystem and hence the rapid patch fix.

Source: Huffington Post August 26, 2016 21:00 UTC