There is some terrible news for Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac users. Researchers discovered two severe flaws in these three items, which might allow hackers to take control of your devices and exploit them for malicious reasons.
The three products are extremely popular all over the world, not just because of their functions, but also because Apple products are considered status symbols. In India, in particular, the smartwatch sector is booming, as the number of fitness-conscious Indians grows by the second, and millions of Indians wear Apple watches. Mac computers and televisions from the tech giant are also in high demand.
CERT-In issued a warning on Thursday about various vulnerabilities in the Mac operating system, which were rated as ‘critical,’ the highest serious classification in cyber security terms.
“A remote attacker might leverage multiple vulnerabilities in the Apple Mac OS to execute arbitrary code, circumvent security limitations, and cause denial of service conditions on the targetted system,” according to the alert.
‘Execution of arbitrary code’ means that a hacker might use the vulnerability to acquire control of a target device and run any instructions or code they wanted. To put it another way, a hacker would take control of the vulnerable device and make it do whatever they wanted.
The CERT-In issued a second advisory on Thursday, warning of a vulnerability that affects all three products. Like the previous, this vulnerability allows a hacker to run arbitrary code on infected devices. Given the current number of Apple watches, TVs, and Macs in use, a hacker may have access to millions of devices.
Apple has issued patches for both vulnerabilities, which can be downloaded along with the current product upgrades. What makes the situation more worse is that, according to Apple, these vulnerabilities may have already been exploited by hackers.
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