Apple users should immediately check if their airplay-compatible equipment are on the latest software stand. On Tuesday, security researchers referred to the first details of several, serious weaknesses in the airplay protocol. These “airborn” interval may allow the attackers to compromise with airplay-enabled equipment-if they are in the same Wlan as the security company Oligo warns. For apple devices such as iPhones, iPads and MAC, the interval has been updated from the end of January to close the gaps. According to the manufacturer, they are also removed from iOS 18.3 and Macos 15.3, and Apple is also released for old operating systems and equipment.
Updates for iOS and Macos are already available
On Apple devices, weak points of airplays were used only when users have changed standard settings, Company emphasizes wired in magazineThere was no more details: perhaps it is about changes in “Settings> General> Airplay and Integration”. Users who have released their device as an airplay receiver must check if it is limited to their own Apple account (“allow for” Airplay: Current User Account “) and” not “.
While iPhones and Co can be easily patched and many users usually record the Apple updates quickly, other Airplay devices remain a problem. According to security researchers, the number of airplay-enabled equipment from various manufacturers including speakers and television is probably in the range of double digits. It may take years until everything is patched here – and some hardware will be weak. As long as an attacker manages to go into the respective WiFi, he can take such airplay devices and use, for example, for further attacks. Since microphones are sometimes integrated into such items, evsdroping is the least comprehensible.
In particular, security researchers demonstrated an attack on an Airplay-Saksham Bose Speaker: an aerial image replaced the Bose logo. Apple emphasized wired that usually there are only limited user data on smart home devices that can be affected.
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Apple is also for her airplay-SDK Provided a related patch – Also for carplay. Oligo says that the infotainment system in the car is also unsafe for intervals, but the attacker must first connect to the on -board system. Other manufacturers will now have to integrate the patch and eventually remember to update their speakers and other network airplay equipment.
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