Government issues ‘warning’ for these Apple Watch users: should you be worried?

How will Apple Watch vulnerability affect you?

The government claims that there are certain vulnerabilities in the Apple Watch via which remote hackers are finding their way to bypass the security restrictions on the targeted device. It is believed that the hackers send a specially-crafted request through which they can execute arbitrary code. If successful, can get access to the user data.

The CERT-IN has noted that these vulnerabilities are caused in Apple Watch because of the buffer overflow in the AppleAVD component; "an authorization issue in AppleMobileFileintegrity component; out-of-bounds write in Audio, ICU and WebKit component; type confusion in Multi-Touch component; Multiple out-of-bounds write and memory corruption in GPU Drivers component; out-of-bounds read in Kernel component; and memory initialization in libxmI2 component." 

How to solve the Apple Watch phishing issue? 

Fortunately, Apple has already rolled out the new watchOS 8.7 update which fixes the bugs, provides security updates, and addresses the said vulnerabilities. This means that Apple Watch users can now protect themselves from phishing if they update the software to watchOS 8.7. Here's how: 

• Make sure your Apple Watch is connected to a Wi-Fi network.
• Go to the Settings app on the watch.
• Select General and tap on Software Update.
• A new software update will pop up on the screen if available. Tap Install, follow the onscreen instructions and wait for it to get updated in a while.