{"id":1811,"date":"2022-08-19T12:22:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2022-08-19T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T17:22:32","slug":"apple-discloses-security-vulnerabilities-in-iphones-ipads-macs-allowing-full-admin-access-to-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/apple-discloses-security-vulnerabilities-in-iphones-ipads-macs-allowing-full-admin-access-to-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple discloses security vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads, Macs allowing &#8216;full admin access&#8217; to devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\">\u00a0Apple released an emergency security update Thursday, disclosing that there were vulnerabilities for certain iPhone, iPad and Mac products.<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>These vulnerabilities were disclosed in a software update, which the company said should safeguard the products. The first issue involved the potential for an application to execute arbitrary code with &#8220;kernel privileges,&#8221; which refers to a discrete right to perform an operation. The second issue, according to Apple, was in WebKit, which is a layout engine designed to allow web browsers to render web pages. Apple said it was &#8220;aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.&#8221; The issue could allow a potential attacker to take complete control of these devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Security experts have advised users to update affected devices \u2014\u00a0 <em>iPhone 6 and later models; several models of the iPad, including the 5th generation and later, all iPad Pro models and the iPad Air 2; and Mac computers running MacOS Monterey.<\/em> The vulnerabilities also affects the iPod Touch 7th generation models.<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s explanation of the vulnerability means a hacker could get &#8220;full admin access to the device&#8221; so that they can &#8220;execute any code as if they are you, the user,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those who should be particularly attentive to updating their software are &#8220;people who are in the public eye,&#8221; such as activists or journalists who might be the targets of sophisticated nation-state spying.<\/p>\n<p>Ref: Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Apple released an emergency security update Thursday, disclosing that there were vulnerabilities for certain iPhone, iPad and Mac products. These vulnerabilities were disclosed in a software update, which the company said should safeguard the products. The first issue involved the potential for an application to execute arbitrary code with &#8220;kernel privileges,&#8221; which refers to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page","category-public-service-announcement","category-published"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}