The tech giant has taken action to battle the DarkSword hacking toolkit, which can be easily used to attack people using older versions of the iOS system.
Apple has rolled out iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7 to ensure a wider range of devices can "receive important security protections from web attacks called DarkSword".
They added: "The fixes associated with the DarkSword exploit first shipped in 2025."
Apple previously reiterated its stance that the best protection for users is to update their software, with iOS 27 not at risk from the attacks.
Phones running iOS 15 to iOS 26 are also protected from the vulnerabilities.
Spokesperson Sarah O’Rourke added: "Keeping your software up to date is the single most important thing you can do to maintain the security of your Apple products."
Apple recently issued a rare public warning about the risk, along with an emergency update for devices which can't run more recent versions of iOS.
In a security document on Apple's website, they wrote: "Security researchers recently identified web-based attacks that target out-of-date versions of iOS through malicious web content.
"For example, if you’re using an older version of iOS and were to click a malicious link or visit a compromised website, the data on your iPhone might be at risk of being stolen.”
Although the company will often release updates and patches for security reasons, they don't often issue public warnings like this.
They continued: "We thoroughly investigated these issues as they were found and released software updates as quickly as possible for the most recent operating system versions to address vulnerabilities and disrupt such attacks.
"If you have kept your iPhone software up to date, then you are already protected.
"Keeping your software up to date is the single most important thing you can do to maintain the security of your Apple products, and devices with updated software were not at risk from these reported attacks.
"Devices with Lockdown Mode enabled are also protected from these specific attacks, even on out-of-date software, but should be updated to the latest iOS version as soon as possible."
