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When they released the new operating system in september. it's not just the microphone that people can accepted. more scary, they can tap into the camera. how it works on the video, i'm dialling someone and if the person that i'm trying to dial into, they hit the power button or hit the volume button, i could supposedly tap into the phone's camera and look at them, see them without them knowing it. >> dana: how scary is that? right? so apple released a statement saying they're aware of the situation and the flaw. they have come up with a security fix that they will then see an update that they...

Bringing in cnn correspondent claire sebastian joining us from new york. how did this take off? >> it's one hack that led toing to, we believe this stems from a set of data that leaked online from a u.s. national security agency back in april, they were the first to discover putting this expert in the window of the system and that was used as the attack. microsoft has published a fix to this but people hadn't yet updated their commuter. what happened the mal ware was able to spread and scan the internet for the people that didn't have the security fix and infect them. that's why you see so man...

The flaw could make apple devices susceptible to the man in the middle where they secower log in and other personal information that is meant to be encrypted and hackers could put links and real e-mails and set up phony websites to steal information. they are likely to get it through untrusted or open wiowa- fi networks at home or public places like coffee shops. apple urged users to down load the update. if you have a iphone four and ipad two. and a security fix for maccomputers is expected son. >> interestingly enough there is speculation that the security flaw was used by the national secur...

As bad as you can imagine affecting nearly everyone who has an iphone and ipad an ipad touch or a mac laptop or desktop computer. on friday apple revealing a major vulnerability on its ios software, the flaw allowing hackers to easily get secure information our apple mobile device which should have been encrypted. through open unsecured wireless networks hackers are able to create fake versions of secure websites and watch in real time as you type in secure information. >> they can look at your contacts, past e-mails you've sent, if you've sent information to your bank or received personal inf...

Information you're sending without even knowing it. >> now apple releasing a security fix on friday urging users to download the update. if you have an i phone 4, later generations, fifth generation and ipad two and later models but there still is no security fix available for mac computers. >> the fact of the matter is that these exploits now -- it doesn't matter what device you're using. people have access to an open network. they're able to spoof certain things and jump on. it doesn't matter if you're on an hp laptop or apple laptop. it doesn't matter anymore. >> download the update immedia...