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Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

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Post by walterbell »

lynndotpy wrote: post #20
k2enemy wrote: post #13

I'm really hoping Apple backtracks on its refusal to update the 18.x line for phones that are compatible with 26. At least provide a security update.

Apple used to have a really good security record, it's mind boggling they blew it all up just to force Liquid Glass on users. For those not in the loop, Apple used to provide security patches for supported older iOS versions. They changed a lot of behavior around the release of Liquid Glass (iOS 26, MacOS Tahoe). Starting with iOS 18.7.3, they only release patch versions for the iPhone XS and XR. They've repeated thi…

> Starting with iOS 18.7.3, they only release patch versions for the iPhone XS and XR. They've repeated this, through to 18.7.6 now.

  iPhone XS/XR: the only Usable + Secure iPhone in 2026

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Post by SimianSci »

MrDOS wrote: post #21

I wish I had a better sense of how these zero-click vulnerabilities work so I could get a sense of how to protect myself from them (you know, without giving in to Liquid Glass). Can they be blocked by an ad blocker? Are they blocked by any extant ad blockers? What about “Lockdown Mode”?

It's a watering hole attack. At any point your iphone sends an http request to a compromised site, by add, link, embedded, etc. your device will be exploited. there really isn't a way to permanently defeat this. We are about to see an explosion of novel attack types utilizing this exploit as their basis, you realistically cannot defend yourself against these without either updating or no longer using an iphone.

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Post by yborg »

lynndotpy wrote: post #20
k2enemy wrote: post #13

I'm really hoping Apple backtracks on its refusal to update the 18.x line for phones that are compatible with 26. At least provide a security update.

Apple used to have a really good security record, it's mind boggling they blew it all up just to force Liquid Glass on users. For those not in the loop, Apple used to provide security patches for supported older iOS versions. They changed a lot of behavior around the release of Liquid Glass (iOS 26, MacOS Tahoe). Starting with iOS 18.7.3, they only release patch versions for the iPhone XS and XR. They've repeated thi…

It's especially glaring since Apple just released a fix for a Coruna exploit that patched iOS 15.

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Post by a012 »

joezydeco wrote: post #34
qaz_plm wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Enabling beta updates for ios18 should kill the nagging notification.

I'm keeping it there to remind me to stay defiant against the shittier UI. I'll wait until they can put it on a user switch or create a more readable option for older users. Which will probably be 'never'.

I’m on the same boat. I was forced to update to the shitty UI at work, but not on my personal phone.

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Post by titzer »

lynndotpy wrote: post #20
k2enemy wrote: post #13

I'm really hoping Apple backtracks on its refusal to update the 18.x line for phones that are compatible with 26. At least provide a security update.

Apple used to have a really good security record, it's mind boggling they blew it all up just to force Liquid Glass on users. For those not in the loop, Apple used to provide security patches for supported older iOS versions. They changed a lot of behavior around the release of Liquid Glass (iOS 26, MacOS Tahoe). Starting with iOS 18.7.3, they only release patch versions for the iPhone XS and XR. They've repeated thi…

Those trillions of dollars aren't going to find their way into the pockets of the shareholders if they have to pay some rubes to maintain old stuff!

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Post by aurea »

bombcar wrote: post #12
joezydeco wrote: post #2

I got an alert this morning for an iOS update numbered 26.3.1(a). (a)? This must be really bad .

What device? I don't see anything beyond 26.3.1 on my iPhone 15 PromaxXDR™

The update can be found under

Settings > Privacy & Security > Background Security Improvements

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Post by varispeed »

k2enemy wrote: post #13

I'm really hoping Apple backtracks on its refusal to update the 18.x line for phones that are compatible with 26. At least provide a security update.

Apple should stop doing security by obscurity in the first place. People have no way finding out whether their phones have been compromised. Lockdown mode is just a cope mechanism for phones likely already compromised and there is no guarantee lockdown mode cannot be bypassed.

Apple hardware is inherently insecure and it is bizarre that Apple keeps burying their head in the sand.

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Post by echelon_musk »

jryio wrote: post #5

Here is the Google Research group's writeup https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/dar... Relevant forward: > GTIG has identified several different users of the DarkSword exploit chain dating back to November 2025. In addition to the case studies on DarkSword usage documented in this blog post, we assess it is likely that other commercial surveillance vendors or threat actors may also be using DarkS…

I wonder if that means 18.7.4 is vulnerable for all the Liquid Glass haters?

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Post by floralhangnail »

lynndotpy wrote: post #20
k2enemy wrote: post #13

I'm really hoping Apple backtracks on its refusal to update the 18.x line for phones that are compatible with 26. At least provide a security update.

Apple used to have a really good security record, it's mind boggling they blew it all up just to force Liquid Glass on users. For those not in the loop, Apple used to provide security patches for supported older iOS versions. They changed a lot of behavior around the release of Liquid Glass (iOS 26, MacOS Tahoe). Starting with iOS 18.7.3, they only release patch versions for the iPhone XS and XR. They've repeated thi…

That's interesting, as they released security patches for iOS 15 devices like iPhone 6 as recent as a week ago.
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