{"id":20509,"date":"2022-12-30T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T04:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nusit.nus.edu.sg\/its\/alerts\/critical-update-on-apple-devices-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T09:10:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:10:26","slug":"security-update-on-apple-devices-dec22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nusit.nus.edu.sg\/its\/alerts\/security-update-on-apple-devices-dec22\/","title":{"rendered":"A security vulnerability requiring immediate updates to your Apple devices (Dec 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568186275711{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;hpc-microsite its-microsite&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"section-title-wrapper shortcode-rand-1 pixzlo-inline-css\" data-css=\"&quot;.shortcode-rand-1 .background-title { font-family:Abril Fatface;font-weight:400;font-style:normal }.shortcode-rand-1 .section-title { text-transform: none; }&quot;\"><div class=\"title-wrap\"><h2 class=\"section-title\">A security vulnerability requiring immediate updates to your Apple devices (Dec 2022)<\/h2><\/div><!-- .title-wrap --><div class=\"section-description\"><\/div><!-- .section-description --><div class=\"button-section\"><\/div><!-- .button-section --><\/div><!-- .section-title-wrapper -->[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #ff6600\"><strong>What has happened?<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Apple has announced a new software vulnerability across the iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, macOS platforms and Safari web browsers. Attackers can potentially exploit this vulnerability to compromise devices running on older platforms or browser versions. This can lead to device harm, data loss or leakage.<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><u>Which Apple component versions should you use?<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Apple has just released the latest component versions as part of a security update for various Apple devices.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 443px\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"188\"><strong>Available latest versions <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"412\"><strong>Available for<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"188\">Safari 16.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\">macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"188\">macOS Monterey 12.6.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\">macOS Monterey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"188\">macOS Big Sur 11.7.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\">macOS Big Sur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"188\">tvOS 16.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\">Apple TV 4K, Apple TV 4K (2nd generation and later), and Apple TV HD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"188\">watchOS 9.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\">Apple Watch Series 4 and later<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"188\">iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\">iPhone 6s (all models), iPhone 7 (all models), iPhone SE (1st generation), iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"188\">iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\">iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"188\">macOS Ventura\u00a013.1<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\">macOS Ventura<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><u>What do I need to do?<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>You must update with the latest versions based on the devices that apply to you.<\/p>\n<p>For details on how to enable automatic updates on your apple devices, please refer to:<\/p>\n<table width=\"602\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Device Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"338\"><strong>How to update<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"264\">Safari (for Mac, iPhone, iPad or PC)<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204416\">https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204416<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"264\">macOS (Any version)<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-sg\/HT201541\">https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-sg\/HT201541<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"264\">Apple tvOS (Any version)<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-sg\/HT202716\">https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-sg\/HT202716<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"264\">Apple watchOS (Any version)<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-sg\/HT204641\">https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-sg\/HT204641<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"264\">iPhone\/iPad (Any versions)<\/td>\n<td width=\"338\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204204\">https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204204<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><u>For more information<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Please refer to the official advisory from SingCERT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csa.gov.sg\/en\/singcert\/Alerts\/al-2022-082\">https:\/\/www.csa.gov.sg\/en\/singcert\/Alerts\/al-2022-082<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please contact NUS\u00a0IT Care\u00a0at 6516 2080 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ITCare@nus.edu.sg\">ITCare@nus.edu.sg<\/a> should you have any queries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18995 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nusit.nus.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bITbIT_security-10-768x456.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nusit.nus.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bITbIT_security-10-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/nusit.nus.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bITbIT_security-10-1170x694.png 1170w, https:\/\/nusit.nus.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bITbIT_security-10-440x260.png 440w, https:\/\/nusit.nus.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bITbIT_security-10-220x130.png 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Let\u2019s all work together to keep NUS secure, bIT by bIT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have observed a new wave of scam emails (known as Business Email Compromise or BEC) in NUS, some of which unfortunately involved individuals falling prey and leading to personal financial loss. 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To add credibility, the emails are seemingly sent from someone of authority like the Head of Department using a spoofed email address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":884,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2022-alerts","category-alerts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A security vulnerability requiring immediate updates to your Apple devices (Dec 2022) - NUS Information Technology | NUS IT Services, Solutions &amp; Governance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nusit.nus.edu.sg\/its\/alerts\/security-update-on-apple-devices-dec22\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A security vulnerability requiring immediate updates to your Apple devices (Dec 2022) - NUS Information Technology | NUS IT Services, Solutions &amp; Governance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We have observed a new wave of scam emails (known as Business Email Compromise or BEC) in NUS, some of which unfortunately involved individuals falling prey and leading to personal financial loss. 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