Apple Patches (almost) everything again. March 2026 edition., (Wed, Mar 25th)
2026-03-26T01:23:47Z•ff9217c97a736f0ae42b24eb72ae0b4c7c5d96898305302d9bc7d6e7e55486d9
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What happened
SANS ISC diary (Mar 19–25, 2026) highlights several security items: Apple released broad patches addressing ~85 vulnerabilities across recent macOS, iOS/iPadOS (last two versions), and current tvOS/watchOS/visionOS releases (no known in-the-wild exploitation reported). A SmartApeSG campaign is actively distributing multiple RAT families (Remcos, NetSupport RAT, StealC, and Sectop/ArechClient2). Researchers also note risks from IP KVM devices (vulnerabilities and rogue/abused KVMs) and an observed GSocket backdoor delivered via a malicious Bash script. Miscellaneous entries cover tool security/
Why it matters
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- 2026-03-26T01:23:47Z
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- Yes
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