Apple warns of security flaw for iPhones, iPads and Macs
Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices.
Apple released two securityreports about the issue on Wednesday, although they didn’t receive wide attention outside of tech publications.
Apple’s explanation of the vulnerability means a hacker could get “full admin access” to the device.
That would allow intruders to impersonate the device’s owner and
subsequently run any software in their name, said Rachel Tobac, CEO of
SocialProof Security.
Security experts have advised users to
update affected devices, the iPhone6S and later models; several models
of the iPad, including the 5th generation and later, all iPad Pro models
and the iPad Air 2; and Mac computers running MacOS Monterey. The flaw
also affects some iPod models.
Apple did not say in the reports
how, where or by whom the vulnerabilities were discovered. In all cases,
it cited an anonymous researcher.
Commercial spyware companies
such as Israel’s NSO Group are known for identifying and taking
advantage of such flaws, exploiting them in malware that surreptitiously
infects targets’ smartphones, siphons their contents and surveils the
targets in real time.
NSO Group has been blacklisted by the U.S.
Commerce Department. Its spyware is known to have been used in Europe,
the Middle East, Africa and Latin America against journalists,
dissidents and human rights activists.
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