{"id":1616623,"date":"2022-08-19T12:47:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1616623"},"modified":"2022-08-19T12:47:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:47:41","slug":"apple-warns-hundreds-of-millions-of-users-update-security-now-security-flaw-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-warns-hundreds-of-millions-of-users-update-security-now-security-flaw-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Warns Hundreds Of Millions Of Users: Update Security Now, Security Flaw Found"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapple-warns-hundreds-of-millions-of-users-update-security-now-security-flaw-found%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1616623&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Friday, Apple urged its hundreds of millions of customers, from those owning iPhones to iPads to Mac computers, to update their devices because of a security flaw.<\/p>\n<p>Apple wrote on its support page that the flaw permits a malicious application to \u201cbe able to execute arbitrary code with Kernel privileges,\u201d which could mean full access for someone to the Apple user\u2019s device.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very rare for them to go public like this, which means everyone should take this threat seriously and update as soon as they are able,\u201d Brian Higgins, security specialist at Comparitech, asserted, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/lifestyle\/tech\/apple-security-alert-apple-reveals-serious-security-flaw-in-iphones-ipads-and-macs-with-users-urged-to-update-devices-3811747\">The Scotsman<\/a>. \u201cIf Apple think it\u2019s so serious that they need to go public, then if you haven\u2019t already installed iOS 15.6.1 you need to go and do it right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The capacity to have full access is \u201ca dream for somebody who is trying to get into your phone for surveillance,\u201d stated Joe Tidy, cyber reporter for BBC News, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11126551\/Apple-reveals-security-vulnerabilities-affecting-iPhones-iPads.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a> reported. He added that it was \u201ca very clever vulnerability that hackers have potentially discovered. \u2026 On paper this is a very serious situation for millions, billions of Apple users out there who have got this potential vulnerability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tidy said that a \u201cwhite hat hacker,\u201d meaning an ethical hacker, had discovered the flaw.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Norton, chief cyber risk officer at Armis, told The Daily Mail: \u201cThis clearly has wide-reaching implications. Apple products have become a mainstay of everyday life, facial recognition, banking apps, health data.\u00a0Pretty much everything we hold dear resides on our Apple products. Historically, many people have not updated their Apple products for fear of shortening the lifespan of their devices. That behaviour now must change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sam Curry, chief security officer at Cybereason, cautioned, \u201cRegardless of Apple\u2019s recent disclosure of a serious vulnerability affecting millions of iPhones, iPads and Macs, it wouldn\u2019t be prudent for anyone to panic. \u2026 While the vulnerability could allow threat actors to take full control of a device, stay calm and simply get control of your devices and download the software updates available from Apple. Do that and move on. In a rare case, we will find out how threat actors were able to exploit the current vulnerabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in macOS Monterey, iOS and iPadOS, and Safari,\u201d the U.S. Government\u2019s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/uscert\/ncas\/current-activity\/2022\/08\/18\/apple-releases-security-updates-multiple-products\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cAn attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT201222\">Apple security updates<\/a>\u00a0page for the following products and apply the necessary updates as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Devices affected by the security flaw include, iPhone (6S and later), iPad Pro, iPad Air (2 and later), iPad (5th generation and later), iPad Mini (4 and later), iPod Touch (7th generation) and Mac computers (on MacOS Monterey, 12.5.1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Apple urged its hundreds of millions of customers, from those owning iPhones to iPads to Mac computers, to update their devices because of a security flaw. 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