Authorities points ‘extreme’ warning for Apple customers over a number of vulnerabilities, here is what advisory says

The Indian Laptop Emergency Response Group (CERT-In) has issued ‘extreme’ warning to Apple customers, revealing a number of vulnerabilities that would expose delicate knowledge, permit hackers to take management of gadgets, and disrupt companies. CERT-IN is the nodal cyber safety company of the federal government of India, below the ministry of data expertise,
Affected Apple merchandise embrace iPhones, iPads, Macs, and different gadgets working older variations of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and Safari.CERT-In has urged customers to replace their software program instantly to handle these crucial safety dangers.

What CERT-IN warning says

Based on the CERT-In advisory dated August 2, the affected Apple software program contains these variations:
* Apple iOS variations previous to 17.6 and iPadOS variations previous to 17.6
• Apple iOS variations previous to 16.7.9 and IPadOS variations previous to 16.7.9
• Apple macOS Sonoma variations previous to 14.6
• Apple macOS Ventura variations previous to 13.6.8
• Apple macOS Monterey variations previous to 12.7.6
• Apple watchOS variations previous to 10.6
• Apple tvOS variations previous to 17.6
• Apple visionos variations previous to 1.3
• Apple Safari variations previous to 17.6
The vulnerabilities might result in a variety of malicious actions, together with knowledge breaches, unauthorized entry, and denial-of-service assaults. As a precaution, Apple has additionally despatched alerts to customers worldwide about potential spy ware assaults much like the notorious Pegasus, emphasizing the significance of sustaining up to date software program. “A number of vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple merchandise which might permit an attacker to entry delicate data, execute arbitrary code, bypass safety restrictions, trigger denial of service (DoS) and carry out spoofing assaults on the focused system,” says the CERT-IN advisory.