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Apple releases watchOS 6.1.3, watchOS 5.3.5 updates, chases down irregular heart rhythm notification bug for Icelandic users

It’s generally never a bad idea to snag an operating system update. If you live in Iceland and own a recent model Apple Watch, you’ll want this one. Apple on Tuesday released its watchOS 6.1.3 update, which includes bug fixes, improvements, and a critical fix for an issue that prevented the irregular heart rhythm notification […]

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New iOS passcode bypass bug discovered one day after iOS 6.1.3 release

Well, this is sort of awkward… Remember how you JUST installed iOS 6.1.3 to get rid of a passcode bypass bug that would allow an unauthorized person to access the Phone app on a locked iPhone? Per iMore and The Next Web, a new bypass bug has been discovered. The passcode bypass in the previous […]

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Apple releases iOS 6.1.3 update

I’ll say this for Apple: it’s getting speedier on its iOS updates. On Tuesday, Apple released iOS 6.1.3, a 107 megabyte download offering the following fixes for its supported iOS devices: – Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the passcode and access the Phone app. – Improvements to Maps in Japan. iOS […]

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Second lockscreen bypass exploit discovered in iOS 6.1, data vulnerable via USB connection

Apple either needs to assign its iOS security people some business hammocks or take their current ones away… A second iOS 6.1 bug has been discovered that gives access to contacts, photos and more. The vulnerability uses a similar method as the one disclosed previously, though it apparently gives access to more user data when […]

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Apple’s iOS 6.1.3 beta could fix security holes, disable Evasi0n jailbreak

It was awesome while it lasted. Per Forbes, Late last week Apple released an update for iOS to developers in beta that prevents the use of the popular jailbreak software evasi0n, according to one of evasi0n’s creators who tested the patch over the weekend, David Wang. Wang has stated that he’s analyzed the 6.1.3 beta […]