(Image credit: robert coolen/Shutterstock) How to protect your Apple devices from cyberattacks
Even though you may not be at risk personally, it’s highly recommended that you install the latest updates as soon as possible as the hackers exploiting these flaws could decide to widen their nets and use them in attacks against ordinary people. This is typical of Apple and in its security advisory, it explains that: “For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available.”Īnother reason why Apple hasn’t said anything yet is that these security flaws are likely being used in highly-targeted attacks against governments, businesses and other influential people. While Apple is aware of reports about how these zero-days are being used in the wild, the company remains tight-lipped when it comes to details. So far, the list of affected devices is quite long and includes all of the best iPhones from the iPhone 8 on, all models of the iPad Pro, the iPad Air 3rd generation and later, the iPad 5th generation and later, the iPad mini 5th generation and later and any of the best Macs running macOS Ventura.Īfter fixing these zero-day flaws in its newer devices, Apple has also now backported these patches to the iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone SE (1st gen), iPad Air 2, iPad mini (4th gen), iPod touch (7th gen) and Macs still running macOS Big Sur 11.7.5.
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