If you are an Apple device user and want to dodge a potential hacking, you must download the new software update for iOS and MacOS that the Cupertino-based giant has released.
Secure your devices by updating
- According to a report, for users of iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, downloading the patch is critical to secure the devices.
- The update fixes a key vulnerability called Broadpwn that allows hackers to “execute arbitrary code”
- or take over your device via WiFi chips embedded in the device’s main processor.
- Furthermore Nitay Artenstein, a security researcher at US-based computer security service Exodus Intelligence
- exposed the flaw and said a hacker can target these devices for as long as they are in range.
- Apple users can follow these steps to avoid hacking.
- For iPhone or iPad users, go to the Settings menu and select General. From there, you press Software Update option and install iOS 10.3.3.
- If you are a Mac user, head to the App Store and select the Updates tab. A prompt for macOS Sierra 10.12.6 is available and you can download it.
- The same issue was detected in Android devices as well. Google patched the bug for the platform earlier this month, the report pointed out.
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