A good one software security policy is essential to keeping smartphones and other mobile devices protected, and a recent example involves the Apple, which released an urgent update this week for all smartphones from the iPhone 6s, and the same measure now comes to the Apple Watch.

The update is intended to fix a vulnerability that allows malicious users to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. In other words, hackers have found a way to remotely inject commands with maximum system privileges, and the potential for damage to user data is often high in these situations.

iPhones, iPads and even macOS Big Sur had already received the urgent update, but the Apple The Watch only received the corrective patch after these. Smartwatch owners should check whether it is set to update automatically. This procedure usually occurs when the smartwatch is left idle on a power source for recharging.

If necessary, you can perform the update manually.

It is also possible to check for the new firmware 7.6.1 manually: just open the Watch app, go to “General”, and then “Software Update”. Since the bug seems to have affected a wide range of the company's devices, it remains to be seen whether even the Apple TV has become vulnerable. So far it has not received an urgent update.

It is worth remembering that it was recently announced that the Israeli spyware Pegasus could infiltrate even on iPhones via iMessage. It is not yet possible to verify all the loopholes that the malware used, and from the few words of the Apple in your support area, it is not possible to correlate the emergency update with this security issue.

It is worth remembering that even smartphones discontinued by the company and not running iOS 14 can still receive an urgent update. Furthermore, it is very likely that, if the problem extends to iOS 12 — the last one before support for some devices is cut — the Apple release new updates for these systems. Only this year there were four corrections released to models such as the iPhone 5s and 6, which shows that the Apple take this very seriously, after all we are talking about devices that are almost 8 and 7 years old, respectively.

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