Tens of millions of utilities were threatened by hacking through Apple's gap. About this report The version of Wired.
The gap in the collection of software development tools (SDK) has been found by Oligo security researchers. According to them, the problem is the broadcast on the Wi-Fi Apple protocol, which allows you to transmit audio and video via other devices. In addition to Apple AirPlay's technique, millions of devices of other brands support TV, smart speakers, etc.
Security experts are called aerial gap. They explained that to successfully hack, the attackers first need to connect to the same Wi-Fi network that the victim's technique is connected. According to the head of Oligo, Gala Elbaza, at the worst scenario, hackers can listen to users through the microphone in the device.
Experts also note that this situation is very complicated because the fact is that AirPlay supports tens of millions of utilities. This means that many years for all devices, it can take many years. Carplay cars are also attacked, but the risk in this case is minimal.
At the end of April, Apple called for all iPhones and other brand devices. The problem affects the operating systems (OS) iOS, MacOS, TVOS, iPados and Visionosition.