New updates from Apple for "iPhone", Mac and iPad.. Filling security gaps

Apple has released new updates for many iPhone, iPad tablet and Mac smartphone models.

Apple explained that the new updates fix security holes, which may pose a risk when visiting suspicious or fake websites.

Some reports indicated that hackers have already exploited these vulnerabilities.

Apple added that the new updates work to fill security holes in the iPhone smartphone starting from version 6s and all models of the iPad Pro and iPad Air models starting from the second generation, the iPad version starting from the fifth generation, the iPad mini starting from the fourth generation, as well as the iPod touch devices Starting with the seventh generation.

The operating system will be updated to “iOS 15.3.1” or “iPad OS 15.3.1” and Mac devices will be updated to “Mac OS 12.2.1”.

If the iOS update is not displayed, the user must connect the iPhone or iPad smartphone to the charger, activate the Wi-Fi network, and click on the “Settings General Software Update” menu, then click on the “Download and install” item. For Mac devices, the operating system can be updated in the “System Settings Software Update” menu, then click on the “Update Now” item.

Airtags

Apple also announced that it aims to improve protection against unwanted tracking and monitoring with Airtags, and these small medals with Apple devices form what is known as the “Where is?” network, so the user can search for objects and items with these tags, from bags to To the keychain, find it via the network.

But Airtags can be misused for the purposes of tracking and monitoring, when they are secretly installed in the objects and things of the user, and in order to protect against unwanted tracking and monitoring, the user will receive an alert on the iPhone smartphone screen, if there is an external Airtag constantly appearing near In addition, the Airtag will sound an audible alert after 24 hours at the latest, if it is constantly near someone who is not carrying an iPhone.

A future Airtag configuration will include a notification that tracking people without their consent will be a punishable offense in many countries around the world, and warning guidelines will be improved in the future.

Apple announced that it is working to locate Airtags more accurately while improving the logic of the warning instructions for iPhone phones, and linking the warning instructions for iPhone phones with the operation of the Airtag sound alert in order to determine their locations more accurately, in addition to changing the audio alert and increasing the intensity of the alert sound.