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Those who use Apple devices like the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, or Apple Vision Pro should be careful. The Government of India has warned Apple users. If you ignore it, you may get into trouble. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued a safety warning for Apple users.

This is the whole matter.

According to the CERT-In report, questions have been raised about privacy in Apple devices. Safety-related deficiencies have been revealed in these devices. Due to weak security, hackers can easily hack your device. Can steal your data. Apart from this, hackers can set their control on your device. In such a situation, it can be a threat to your privacy.

This warning is given in an advisory named CIVN-2025-0071. It states that these deficiencies can have more impact on iOS, macOS, iPadOS, Safari browser, and Apple software. CERT-In has advised users to update their devices as soon as possible.

These devices are under threat.

According to the report, this warning has also been issued for personal users and companies. This will have the greatest impact on those using older versions of Apple devices. This includes models older than iOS and iPadOS versions 18.4, 17.7.6, 16.7.11, and 15.8.4. Apart from this, versions before macOS Sequoia 15.4, Sonoma 14.7.5, and Ventura 13.7.5 are also included. Not only this, versions of Apple TV older than tvOS 18.4, and versions older than visionOS 2.4 can be its victims.

There can be huge losses.

Due to these safety and privacy flaws, cybercriminals can take control of your device. They can misuse your device. They can gain access to your private and financial data.

To avoid this, you will have to update your devices. You will get the option of a software update by going to settings. From there you will be able to update the software?

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