Update your iDevices, Watch your Macs

The SSL vulnerabilities revealed on Saturday are serious. Everyone with an iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch should update their devices to the latest OS. That's 7.0.6 for most of you, and 6.1.6 for those of you who won't or can't upgrade to 7.

The very fact that Apple issued an update for 6 tells you that this is important.

Until you can update your iDevices, please turn off WIFI whenever you leave your secure home or secure office network. Right now, I would trust nowhere else.

Even though you can update/upgrade directly over the air on your phone, don't.

Here's the safest way to upgrade/update:

1. Attach the iPhone to your computer.
2. Open iTunes.
3. Click on "Back Up Now."
4. Wait for the backup to finish
5. Click on "Check for update" and then do update to 7.0.6

Your phone will be unusable for about an hour and will need to remain connected to the computer for another few hours, depending on how many apps, pix, music, etc. need to be restored to the device.

If you don't want to upgrade right now, switch off wifi. It is important.

Macs not running Mavericks are OK. People with Mavericks, in addition to avoiding unsecured wifi should:

1. Stop using Safari and Mac Mail.
2. Use the latest Firefox or Chrome.
3. Keep an eye open for an update from Apple; it's coming soon.