Important Security Fix for iPhone and iPad - MOSK: 02.11.2025

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🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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- Apple Issues iOS and iPadOS Updates to Fix Security Issue Under Active Exploit - Other Apple OS Updates Address Unspecified "Important Security Fixes" - IDC: iPhone Took Sixth-Place in India in 2024 - Canalys: iPad Widens Global Tablet Lead - Apple Updates Sport App with NASCAR and MLB Spring Training - Apple Music Posts Spatial Audio Mix of Kendrick Lamar/Super Bowl Halftime Show - OCR App Store Malware and the Grubhub data theft on Checklist 410 - online at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Chat with us in Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: [email protected] or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	Important security updates from Apple, tracking iPhone and iPad growth, and a better sounding halftime show.
0:17.9	It is Tuesday, the 11th of February 2025.
0:21.9	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:27.5	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by people like you.
0:33.3	Patrons through Patreon.
0:36.3	Find out more and add your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
0:45.9	A slightly confusing day of updates to start the week.
0:50.3	Remember over the weekend when 9 to 5 Mac said it had seen signs of iOS 18.3.1 in its visitor logs?
0:58.0	The site figured it would bring performance improvements and bug fixes when it came.
1:03.0	Now it's come. And it's come with something really important.
1:07.0	Pieces from TechCrunch and The Verde say Apple on Monday did release iOS 18.3.1, along with iPadOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 17.7.5.
1:21.6	What do those three have in common? Each addresses a security issue that Apple hears had been exploited in the wild.
1:31.7	Tied to Apple's accessibility framework, the company's security updates page says a physical
1:37.4	attack may disable USB restricted mode on a lock device.
1:42.5	Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited
1:45.6	in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals. If you're looking
1:53.1	for good news here, it is not the zero-click brand of extremely sophisticated. TechCrunt says
2:00.5	Apple's wording indicates that the attacks were most likely carried out with physical control of a person's device,
2:06.5	meaning whoever was abusing this flaw had to connect to the person's Apple devices with a forensics device like Celebrite or Gray Key,
2:14.5	two systems that allow law enforcement to unlock and access data stored on iPhones and other
2:20.2	devices.
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