Latest macOS update fixes two known security issues — Download it now!

Today Apple released the latest macOS update that addresses two zero-day vulnerabilities that have been exposed and potentially used by hackers in the wild. The vulnerabilities have been dubbed CVE-2022-22675, and CVE-2022-22674, with one possibly allowing criminals to run harmful code with kernel-level privileges. The exposure granting read access to kernel memory could allow some malicious programs to be installed on your system by said criminally-minded hackers. 

One of the vulnerabilities only affects Mac laptops and desktops with Intel CPUs, so M1-series machines are in the clear for that one. The vulnerability is associated with the Intel Graphic driver, so if you have a machine using an Intel CPU, you should update it immediately. Apple claims that the new update macOS Monterey 12.3.1 will clamp down on these zero-day security flaws that tend to use arbitrary code executions linked to the maker’s audio and video Apple AVD, which is particularly vulnerable to zero-day exploits. 

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