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In short, a malicious hacker could email a malformed TIFF to you, or direct you to a webpage where one is embedded, or simply send it directly to your phone via MMS if they knew your number. Whatever route they took, if an attacker managed to trick your computer into rendering the malformed image, your Mac computer or smartphone would be in danger.
The exploitable flaws were discovered by researchers at Cisco’s Talos team, who noted that boobytrapped image files “are an excellent vector for attacks since they can be easily distributed over web or email traffic without raising the suspicion of the recipient.”
The good news is that Apple issued fixes for the problem earlier this week. If you have already updated your systems to iOS 9.3.3, tvOS 9.2.2, watchOS 2.2.2, and El Capitan v10.11.6 then you have done the right thing.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
