Technical News Office – The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the cybersecurity agency of the Indian government, has issued a new advisory for Apple users, stating that the risk of cyber attack on Apple devices is high . CERT-In said many Apple devices could become targets for cybercriminals. This includes devices like iPhone, iPad, MacBook. Even the company’s Safari browser is at risk. Let us know.
The agency advised
For your information, let us clarify that CERT-In is a cybersecurity agency under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. CERT-In recently issued an advisory advising of the high risk and asking Apple users to immediately install appropriate updates on their devices. CERT-In said that many vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apple products, which affect different versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS and Safari. They target devices used in an organization as well as products used as personal devices. Apart from this, they can also create issues such as access to your personal data as well as denial of service.
These devices may be affected
CERT-In has published a list that gives information on those software versions that may be affected by this.
Apple iOS and iPadOS versions prior to 18.1
Apple iOS and iPadOS versions prior to 17.7.1
Apple macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15.1
Apple macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7.1
Apple macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.7.1
Apple watchOS versions prior to 11.1
Apple tvOS versions prior to 18.1
Apple visionOS versions prior to 2.1
Apple Safari versions prior to 18.1
What should users do?
CERT-In advised that to avoid this problem, Apple users should update their devices to the latest software version. Let us tell you that Apple has recently released the latest iOS 18.1 update for iPhone users.
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