I went beyond the headlines and the blurbs here and there and found that same article you just linked too.... looks like it's for real.
I use Apple, as you may know... BUT... truth is, every update these days gets buggier and buggier... Apple as WELL as Windows. I tuned off auto-update some time back... actually, I never had it on for very long. Then I monitor.. and sure as heck... as soon as Apple releases an update it's followed by a fix to correct a problem and THAT almost immediately.... and this can continue for a few months. When 2, maybe 3 months go by without a 'fix' then I update. - JamesJM