Apple fixes AWDL bug that could be used to escape air-gapped networks

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Apple fixes AWDL bug that could be used to escape air-gapped networks

Apple has fixed a vulnerability in its Apple Wireless Direct Link (AWDL) technology that could have been abused by threat actors to escape and steal data from air-gapped networks.

Silently patched earlier this spring, in April — with the release of iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, and Big Sur 11.3 — the vulnerability was publicly disclosed for the first time earlier this week in a blog post by Mikko Kenttälä, a Finish security researcher and the founder and CEO of SensorFu.

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