What has happened?

Apple has announced a new software vulnerability across the iOS, iPadOS and MacOS platforms, including Safari web browsers. Attackers can potentially exploit these vulnerabilities to compromise devices running on these platforms or browser. This can lead to further data loss or leakage.

Which Apple products are affected?

Device	Operating System
Safari web browser	Safari 15.6 or earlier
iPhone 6s and later	iOS 15.6.1 and earlier
iPad Pro (all models) iPad Air 2 and later iPad 5th generation and later iPad mini 4 and later	iPadOS 15.6.1 and earlier
Macbook 2016 and later Macbook Air 2015 and later Macbook Pro 2015 and later iMac 2015 and later iMac Pro Mac mini 2014 and later Mac Studio Mac Pro 2013 and later	macOS Monterey 12.5.1 and earlier macOS Big Sur 11.6.8 and earlier

What do I need to do?

Apple has released patches for these vulnerabilities via an operating system update for each platform.

For details on how to enable automatic updates on your apple devices, please refer to:

Latest operating system version	How to update
iOS 16 (for iPhone devices)	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204204
iPhone 15.7 (for iPhone 7 plus and earlier)
iPadOS 15.7 (for iPad devices)
macOS Monterey 12.6 (for Mac devices)	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201541

For more information

Please refer to the official advisory from SingCERT: https://www.csa.gov.sg/singcert/Alerts/AL-2022-049

Please contact NUS IT Care at 6516 2080 or ITCare@nus.edu.sg should you have any queries.

 

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