Monday, 24 February 2014

That iOS 7.0.6 Update Plugs a Big (and Stupid) Security Hole

That iOS 7.0.6 Update Plugs a Big (and Stupid) Security Hole

From GotTabeMobile

On Friday Apple released an iOS update for its mobile devices. iOS 7.0.6 and 6.1.6 were targeted as security fixes and as those who investigate these things have discovered they plugged a pretty serious hole. So much so that warnings of "install the patch now" should not be ignored. To put it another way, until the update iOS users have been walking down the street with their flies open. To put it in a different context, the same hole still exists in OSX Mavericks. Apple promises to have a fix for that "very soon."


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