We recently reported that Apple is working on a Safari bug that allows users' browsing history and Google ID to be spied on. Now the company seems to have fixed the problem.
The bug was first reported by FingerprintJS discovered, which claims that websites can use an exploit in IndexedDB (a Javascript API used to store data) to access URLs recently visited by a user and even obtain the user's Google ID and associated personal data. But according to a new report (via According to 9to5mac, Apple now seems to have closed the security hole in iOS 15.3, iPadOS 15.3 and macOS Monterey 12.2.
iOS 15.3 and Co. will be released next week
According to FingerprintJS, the vulnerability affected all iOS 15 and macOS Monterey versions prior to today’s builds. iOS 14 was not affected by the bug, however, nor were users still using Safari 14 on Macs with versions prior to macOS Monterey. Apple has not yet announced when iOS 15.3 and macOS Monterey 12.2 will be officially released. However, it is expected that the updates will be released early next week. (Photo by Denys Prykhodov / Bigstockphoto)
