iPhone At Risk: There was a lot of uproar in Indian politics regarding Pegasus spyware. Meanwhile, the Central Government’s security advisory Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) has issued a warning for Apple company’s iPhones, MacBooks, iPads and Vision Pro headsets. CERT has issued a warning of ‘high danger’ for all these products of Apple Company.
In simple words, if you are also a fan of the world’s most loved mobile brand Apple, then be alert. CERT has reported a critical vulnerability in ‘remote code execution’ in Apple products. During investigation, this flaw has come to light in all the Apple products. The effects of this flaw are visible across a wide range of Apple software and hardware.
This weakness of Apple’s products poses a big threat. Actually, through this, remote attackers (cyber attackers) are allowed to insert arbitrary arbitrary code into the targeted system. Out-of-bounds write issues in WebRTC and CoreMedia allow cyber attackers to remotely access any device.
Which Apple products are at risk?
These vulnerabilities are in Apple Safari versions earlier than 17.4.1, Apple macOS Ventura versions 13.6.6, Apple macOS Sonoma versions earlier than 14.4.1, Apple VisionOS versions earlier than 1.1.1, Apple iOS and iPad Appears in earlier version of OS 17.4.1. Also, it has been seen in earlier versions of Apple iOS and iPad OS up to 16.7.7.
Update to new OS version
iPhone XS, iPad Pro 12.9-inch, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch, iPad Air, iPad and iPad Mini products that have these software versions are at risk. Along with this, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone
CERT recommended these measures
– Update to the latest version of Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS and VisionOS with security patches
– Network Security: Avoid connecting to unsecured or public Wi-Fi networks to reduce the risk of cyber attacks.
– Adopt two factor authentication
– Download only from the Apple App Store or trusted sources to reduce the risk of malware.
-Regular Backup: Perform regular backups to avoid data loss due to system failure
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