‘Spoofing, leak of confidential information’: Center issues ‘serious’ warning to iPhone, Mac users

PTC News Desk: The central government has flagged “multiple vulnerabilities” in Apple products like iPhones, iPads and others that could lead to spoofing or leakage of sensitive information from the device. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an alert on its official platform, describing the situation as “very serious.”

The August 2 CERT alert stated: “Multiple security vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple products that could allow an attacker to access sensitive information, execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, cause a denial of service (DoS), and conduct spoofing attacks on a targeted system.”

The central agency identified these flaws in Apple software, including versions of iOS and iPadOS before 17.6 and 16.7.9, versions of macOS Sonoma before 14.6, versions of macOS Ventura before 13.6.8, versions of macOS Monterey before 12.7.6, versions of watchOS before 10.6, versions of tvOS before 17.6, versions of visionOS before 1.3, and versions of the Safari browser before 17.6.

CERT advised Apple users to install the necessary software updates identified by the company to avoid any high-level threats. Apple has not yet confirmed any security risk from them.

– PTC NEWS