Apple IPhone And IPad Users, Here’s Why You Should Install The Latest Update On Your Devices

appeal recently rolled out the latest iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 updates for iPhones and iPads. Soon after the launch, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (INSERT IN), a nodal agency under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology responsible for highlighting bugs and cyber security threats like phishing and hacking, has issued a new alert for certain iPhone and iPad users.
The government body emphasized that they found several new vulnerabilities in some versions of Apple iOS and Apple iPadOS operating systems. These vulnerabilities, according to the report, have a high severity risk that when exploited by attackers could allow access to sensitive information, execute arbitrary code, spoof the UI, gain elevated privileges, bypass security restrictions, or cause a denial of service conditions on the targeted system.
Users affected by these vulnerabilities
Here is the list of OS versions and devices affected by these vulnerabilities.
Apple iOS and iPadOS versions before 16.2

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

Apple iOS and iPadOS versions before 15.7.2

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
iPod touch (7th generation)

What the government has said about these vulnerabilities
According to CERT-In’s report, these vulnerabilities exist in both the operating system’s in the accounts, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreServices, GPU drivers, graphics driver, ImageIO, IOHIDFamily, IOMobileFrameBuffer, Kernel, Photos, Preferences, Printing, Software Update , Weather, AppleAVD, AppleAVD AVEVideoEncoder, File System, WebKit, iTunes Store, libxml2, ppp, Safari components of Apple iOS and iPadOS.
The government body also mentioned that “Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow the attacker to gain access to sensitive information, execute arbitrary code, spoof the UI, gain elevated privileges, bypass security restrictions or a denial of service condition on causing the targeted system.” .
Solution
According to the report, users will need to apply appropriate software updates as mentioned in Apple Security Updates. Basically, the government wants you to install iOS 16.2 or iPadOS 16.2 on your respective devices that carry the fix for these vulnerabilities.