{"id":830,"date":"2022-08-19T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/?p=830"},"modified":"2022-08-19T09:28:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:28:20","slug":"update-apple-devices-now-to-protect-against-active-exploits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/alerts\/830","title":{"rendered":"Update Apple Devices Now to Protect Against Active Exploits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT201222\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT201222\">Apple recently released security updates<\/a> to address two zero-day vulnerabilities found in their software. The combination of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to take control of a device. Technology Services highly recommends downloading and installing the security updates as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Security Updates Available<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>macOS Monterey 12.5.1<\/li><li>iOS 15.6.1<\/li><li>iPadOS  15.6.1<\/li><li>Safari 15.6.1<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">How to Update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a Mac Computer: go to <strong>System Preferences &gt; Software Update<\/strong>. Your device will check for new software. Click <strong>Update Now <\/strong>or <strong>Upgrade Now<\/strong> to install. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On an iPhone or iPad: go to <strong>Settings &gt; General<\/strong>. Tap <strong>Software Update<\/strong>. Tap <strong>Install Now <\/strong>or <strong>Download and Install<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">More Information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT201222\">Apple Security Updates<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/uscert\/ncas\/current-activity\/2022\/08\/18\/apple-releases-security-updates-multiple-products\">CISA Advisory<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2022\/08\/apple-releases-macos-12-5-1-and-ios-15-6-1-for-actively-exploited-vulnerabilities\/\">Short article from Ars Technica<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nakedsecurity.sophos.com\/2022\/08\/18\/apple-patches-double-zero-day-in-browser-and-kernel-update-now\/\">Detailed article from Sophos<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple recently released security updates to address two zero-day vulnerabilities found in their software. The combination of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to take control of a device. Technology Services highly recommends downloading and installing the security updates as soon as possible. Security Updates Available macOS Monterey 12.5.1 iOS 15.6.1 iPadOS 15.6.1 Safari 15.6.1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20,19,18,17],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alerts","tag-ios","tag-macos","tag-update","tag-zero-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":834,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions\/834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}