iPhone Hacked… Update Immediately

Mobile devices pose major cybersecurity threatsTo Update or Not Update…That is the Question

We often hear that updates are available for our computers and smart phones, and often we ignore them. If you have an iPhone you had better pay attention and not pass up this update.  Heather Kelly writes “Security researchers on Thursday announced they had discovered a new piece of iPhone malware that allowed attackers to see virtually everything on your iPhone”. According to reports attackers can take advantage of a newly discovered vulnerability in the iPhone and gain access to the phones text messages, camera, passwords, emails, microphone, location and much more.

So, if you have an Apple iPhone, please check into this issue to verify if you need to update.

Source

Kelly, H. (2016). iPhone vulnerability used to target journalists, aid workers. Retrieved from the Internet at http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/25/technology/apple-iphone-hack/index.html