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Apple patches iPhone exploit that allowed for ‘extremely sophisticated' attack
iOS 18.3.1 fixes a bug that allows attackers to turn off USB Restricted Mode on a locked device. The nearly seven-year-old feature is designed to prevent access from law enforcement devices like Cellebrite and Graykey.
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.” In 2016, while in grad school, he discovered the iPhone’s first known zero-day remote jailbreak, which a cyberwarfare company sold to governments.
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