Apple has issued emergency updates to fix a flaw that allows highly invasive spyware to infect your iPhone, Apple Watch or Mac computer without even a click.
The technology remains vulnerable until updated.
iOS 14.8 includes a fix for an NSO zero-click exploit found on a Saudi activist’s phone by Canadian internet security watchdog Citizen Lab.
It is the first time that a ‘zero-click’ exploit which affects all of the phone’s operating systems has been caught and analysed.
Researchers discovered the malicious code on 7 September and immediately alerted Apple.
Are you likely to be targeted by hackers? Probably not. But that doesn’t mean there’s a good reason to leave your Apple devices without updates.
To ensure your devices are updated, check that you’re using iOS 14.8, iPad OS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6, and security update 2021-005 for macOS Catalina.
