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Apple patches iPhone exploit that allowed for ‘extremely sophisticated' attack
A new iPhone update patches a flaw that could allow an attacker to turn off a nearly seven-year-old USB security feature. Apple’s release notes for iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1 say the bug, which allowed the deactivation of USB Restricted Mode, “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.”
The release notes describe the now-patched security flaw as allowing “a physical attack,” which suggests the [...]
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