Apple has asked users of most of its devices to update software after the company discovered a vulnerability in its operating systems that it said “could have been actively exploited.”
In security updates posted online Wednesday and Thursday, Apple said the vulnerability affects iPhones from model 6S, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, all iPad models. Pro and iPod touch 7th generation.
Apple (AAPL) said the vulnerabilities give hackers the ability to control a device’s operating system to “execute arbitrary code” and potentially infiltrate devices via “malicious web content”.
The vulnerability also extends to Mac computers running the company’s Monterey operating system, as well as Apple’s Safari browser on its Big Sur and Catalina operating systems, the company said in a follow-up update.
Cybersecurity experts have urged Apple users to update their devices, with the US government’s Infrastructure and Cyber Security Agency warning that “an attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device.”
The agency said affected users should “apply necessary updates as soon as possible.”
Source: CNN Brasil
