Apple has launched its latest mobile operating system iOS8 to include fixes for more than 40 security vulnerabilities.
Touted as the biggest update to the software since it launched the App Store, among the vulnerabilities patched in the new release are a series of kernel flaws, several WebKit bugs and a pair of vulnerabilities that allowed a user to install apps outside of the App Store.
Also killed in iOS 8 is a problem with the way that the OS implemented 802.1x. In some cases, the flaw could enable an attacker to steal a user’s WiFi credentials.