In a vulnerability note issued on August 2, the CERT-In said that multiple issues had been reported in Apple’s products which could allow attackers to access sensitive information present on devices, executive arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, cause denial of service and perform spoofing attacks.
CERT-In said that Apple iPhones, iPads, and televisions running software versions older than 17.6 were vulnerable to these possible attacks. It has asked Apple users to update their devices to the latest software patches for these vulnerabilities.
In April this year, Apple informed users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible targets of a Pegasus-like “mercenary spyware” attack on their devices. In the threat notification sent to users, Apple had then said that the mercenary spyware was “trying to remotely compromise” their iPhone.
“Mercenary spyware attacks, such as those using Pegasus from the NSO Group, are exceptionally rare and vastly more sophisticated than regular cybercriminal activity or consumer malware,” Apple had said in the threat notification.
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