What has happened?

Apple has announced two serious critical software vulnerabilities across the iOS, iPadOS, watchOS and MacOS platforms. The vulnerabilities are being actively exploited by cyber attackers and could potentially lead to system compromise and data loss/leakage.

Which Apple products are affected?

Device	Operating System
iPhone 8 and later iPad Pro (all models) iPad Air 3rd generation and later iPad 5th generation and later iPad mini 5th generation and later	Earlier than version 16.6.1
Apple Watch Series 4 and later	Earlier than version 9.6.2
Macs running macOS Ventura	Earlier than version 13.5.2

What do I need to do?

Apple has released patches for these vulnerabilities. Please update your devices immediately.

Latest operating system version	How to update
iOS 16.6.1 (for iPhone devices)	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204204
iPadOS 16.6.1 (for iPad devices)
watchOS 9.6.2 (for Apple watch devices)	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204641
macOS Ventura 13.5.2 (for Mac devices)	https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201541

Need more information?

Please refer to the official advisory from SingCERT: https://www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-advisories/alerts/2023/al-2023-113

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

 

 

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