#APPLE SECURITY UPDATE SPYWARE FLAW IWATCHES UPDATE#
If you use Apple devices for work or personal use, please update your software to iOS 14.8, MacOS 11.6 (for Big Sur), Security Update 2021-005 (for MacOS 10.15 Catalina), and WatchOS 7.6.2 as soon as possible.Īpple has said it plans to introduce new security defenses for iMessage, their texting application, in its next iOS 15 software update, expected later this year. An article in yesterday’s New York Times notes “the discovery means that more than 1.65 billion Apple products in use worldwide have been vulnerable to NSO’s spyware since at least March.” Pegasus is extremely dangerous because it allows malicious actors to access devices without the user’s knowledge and turn on their camera and microphone, and record messages, texts and emails, even those sent through encryption. said it patched a security flaw in its Messages app after security researchers determined that Israel-based NSO Group used it to exploit and infect the latest devices with spyware. Apple is warning customers to update the software on their iPhones, iPads and Mac computers due to a security flaw that could allow hackers to take control of their devices. This spyware, called Pegasus, infects Apple devices using an insidious technique called “zero-click remote exploit.” 13, Apple issued emergency software updates for the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac computers after security researchers uncovered a flaw that allows highly invasive spyware to infect devices without a single click.Ĭitizen Lab, a cybersecurity watchdog group based at the University of Toronto, found that NSO Group used advanced spyware to infect Apple products.
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