The head of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange urged users to urgently update their iPhones

Чанпен Чжао" href="https://noworries.media/biography/chanpen-chzhao/" data-bio-id="3681">Changpeng Zhao, the founder and CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has advised users to immediately update their iPhones to iOS version 16.6.1. CZ wrote about this on his page on the X platform.

«Today's Apple iOS/iPadOS 16.6.1 update contains a fix for an iMessage vulnerability that allows remote code execution WITHOUT any action on the part of the victim. This vulnerability is already being exploited by the Pegasus group. Please install the update immediately. Stay #SAFU,» Changpeng Zhao wrote.

The Apple iOS/iPadOS 16.6.1 updates today includes a security patch to an iMessage vulnerability that allows remote code execution WITHOUT ANY INTERACTIONS from the victim. It is being exploited in the wild by the Pegasus threat group already. Update immediately. Stay #SAFU.

— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) September 8, 2023

So far, no details about the vulnerability have been published. One of Zhao’s followers pointed out that Pegasus is a type of malware that can infect iPhones and other Apple devices, not a group of hackers, as the exchange’s head indicated.

CZ emphasized that it does not have detailed information, so it published a warning that was reported to it by a team of cyber specialists. According to X users, Pegasus was developed by the Israeli cyberweapons company NSO Group, which is used by governments to spy on individuals.

As a reminder, cybercriminals have learned how to attack iPhones using the Flipper Zero hacking device. The gadget costs less than a smartphone — only $ 169. However, despite its relatively inexpensive price, it «terrorizes» iPhone owners with an endless series of annoying pop-ups offering to connect to AirTag, Apple TV, AirPods, and other Apple products.