Google and Apple roll out emergency security updates after zero-day attacks

Apple and Google have released several software updates to protect against a hacking campaign targeting an unknown number of their users.

Wednesday Google Chest spots For a small number of security bugs in the Chrome browser, noting that one of the bugs was actively exploited by hackers before the company had time to patch it.

Unusually for Google, the company did not provide any other details at the time.

But on Friday, Google updated the page to say the vulnerability was discovered by Apple’s security engineering team and Google’s threat analysis group, whose security researchers primarily track government hackers and hackers. Mercenary spyware Which suggests that the hacking campaign may have been coordinated by government-backed hackers.

Meanwhile, Apple has released security updates for its key products, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, Apple TV, Apple Watches, and the Safari browser.

according to Security consulting for iPhone and iPadApple patched two bugs and the company said it was aware “that this issue may have been exploited in a highly sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals” using devices running prior to iOS 26.

This language is Apple’s typical way of saying that it knows that some of its customers and users have been targeted by hackers Zero daysThat is, defects that were unknown to the software makers at the time of exploitation. Often times, these are cases where government hackers have used hacking and spyware tools made by companies like NSO Group or Solutions to the proverb To target journalists, dissidents and human rights activists.

Apple and Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.