Security gaps in the “Apple” watches.. Pay attention to your banking information!

Apple has introduced updates to fill security holes discovered by the Indian “CERT-IN” team for rapid technical intervention in Apple Watch smart watches operating with outdated operating systems that facilitate hackers’ penetration of the privacy of their owners.

According to the Indian Express website, the Indian government-affiliated team indicated that technical vulnerabilities lead to the operation of malicious code remotely, by hackers exploiting the vulnerability, which may lead to their access to user data without their knowledge, or directing remote commands and executing them on a watch. the user.

The vulnerabilities affect watches running the “watchOS 8.6” system, and everything that is older than it, and their impact varies between what allows circumventing the multi-touch feature on the Apple Watch’s “Multi-Touch Component” screen, and what affects the memory of graphics processing engines, in addition to a vulnerability Web content rendering platform WebKit, as well as other vulnerabilities.

These vulnerabilities allow hackers to gain access through the defenses and security protocols implemented on board the old Apple operating systems on its Apple Watch, helping them carry out their mission against the victims by stealing their data and controlling their Apple Watch smartwatches.

These vulnerabilities affect various aspects of using the Apple Watch, such as the appearance of notifications and control of the user’s incoming text messages, as well as the possibility of harm to hackers obtaining sensitive banking information of the victim, and they can also manipulate the data on the measurements of the victim’s vital body variables, such as the heartbeat of the victim. Heart and respiratory rate to frighten themselves, because the data that would be displayed on board the watches would be completely different from the truth.

After the CERT-IN team discovered the vulnerabilities, he contacted Apple, which in turn announced security updates to fill those vulnerabilities, before releasing the “watchOS 8.7” update, which is compatible with Apple Watch watches starting from the third generation “Apple Watch Series” 3” and later, providing the necessary protection for users’ privacy.

In order to install a new software update from Apple on your Apple Watch, you need to make sure your watch is at least 50% charged and connected to WiFi.