Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015 • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Post by burnt-resistor » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC

falkensmaize wrote: post #10

behnamoh wrote: post #3

Am I supposed to be impressed by this? This is part of the Apple experience: long-term updates in exchange for absurdly high markups up-front. I'd be impressed if the markup got lowered and iDevices still got such updates, but that's not happening.

Absurdly high markups? They just released a very good laptop for $599. The Galaxy S26 Ultra is $1299. The OnePlus 15 is $999. A Dell XPS 16 with 32gb ram is over $2000. I won’t argue that they charge a premium for memory and nvme, but I have never felt like I overpaid for my MacBooks or iPhones, in part because they last so long.

One anecdotal example doesn't break the pattern. It's a performative ploy.

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Post by paulryanrogers » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC

colinbartlett wrote: post #6

behnamoh wrote: post #3

Am I supposed to be impressed by this? This is part of the Apple experience: long-term updates in exchange for absurdly high markups up-front. I'd be impressed if the markup got lowered and iDevices still got such updates, but that's not happening.

Yes because if it helps keep devices in use longer it helps reduce waste and the planetary impacts of a culture of disposable products.

If only they had user replaceable batteries, or repairable devices

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Post by burnt-resistor » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC

Still waiting for iOS and iPadOS security updates to 18 as per the tradition of supporting the past 2 generations of OSes rather than this sneaky rug-pull of trying to foist fugly 26 on users who don't want an unusable device.

This sort of spurious patching and releasing token cheap devices is a form of gaslighting.

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Post by anshumankmr » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC

This will really help the 10 people still using an iPhone 6S.

(Still a common W for Apple updates)

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Post by tpmoney » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 2:28 AM UTC

paulryanrogers wrote: post #12

colinbartlett wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes because if it helps keep devices in use longer it helps reduce waste and the planetary impacts of a culture of disposable products.

If only they had user replaceable batteries, or repairable devices

https://support.apple.com/self-service-repair

https://support.apple.com/mac-laptops/repair?services=servic...

https://getsupport.apple.com/repair-locations?locale=en_US

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Post by seam_carver » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 2:30 AM UTC

Available for:

iPhone 6s (all models), iPhone 7 (all models), iPhone SE (1st generation), iPad Air 2, iPad mini (4th generation), and iPod touch (7th generation)

iOS 16.7.15 and iPadOS 16.7.15: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Post by nozzlegear » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC

burnt-resistor wrote: post #11

falkensmaize wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absurdly high markups? They just released a very good laptop for $599. The Galaxy S26 Ultra is $1299. The OnePlus 15 is $999. A Dell XPS 16 with 32gb ram is over $2000. I won’t argue that they charge a premium for memory and nvme, but I have never felt like I overpaid for my MacBooks or iPhones, in part because they last so long.

One anecdotal example doesn't break the pattern. It's a performative ploy.

That's not anecdotal, it literally is the price of the MacBook Neo.

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Post by tech234a » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC

Notably these exploits were originally patched for newer devices in 2023 and 2024. However, the Coruna exploits are now publicly available because some of the IOC URLs mentioned in Google's recent blog post [1] were found to still be live. Jailbreakers are already repurposing the code to make web-based tools [2].

[1]: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cor...

[2]: https://x.com/Little_34306/status/2031823581513204009 (Note: the link in this tweet goes to an exploit page that uses code repurposed from malware)

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Post by throwaway85825 » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC

A device can be unsupported yet millions will still use it. The obsolescence business model needs to be legislated away.

Re: Apple releases iOS 15.8.7 to fix Coruna exploit for iPhone 6S from 2015

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Post by runako » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC

behnamoh wrote: post #3

Am I supposed to be impressed by this? This is part of the Apple experience: long-term updates in exchange for absurdly high markups up-front. I'd be impressed if the markup got lowered and iDevices still got such updates, but that's not happening.

iPhone 17 Pro is $1099, Google Pixel Pro is $999, Galaxy S26 Ultra is $1,299.

Flagship phones are expensive. Apple mostly just does not make low-spec phones, and cheap phones are generally low-spec (or their makers would charge more).