It seems that Apple is having a fair amount of problems when it comes to security on their iPhone devices. At the end of September they released an update addressing 10 different security issues and now word comes out about a couple more issues that Apple has been aware of for a couple months, but neglected to address in any of the updates released since these were found.
Of course, security issues by themselves, do not relate to your device getting hack. It does however, indicate that there is a greater risk that a exploit could be released into the wild that would leverage these vulnerabilities and put your device and the data it contains at risk.
While others have learned from Microsoft’s past mistakes when it comes to speed of addressing these issues, Apple doesn’t appear to be as concerned. What makes this even more concerning is that Apple has the means to release updates quickly and easily. While Microsoft is slowed due to their business model of selling to manufacturers and carriers. Which means we need to wait for the manufacturer to approve the patch and then release it to their customers.
If you own an iPhone, you need to be extra vigilant about the sites you visit and the emails you read on your phone. I would hate to see a nasty cellular bill caused by a rogue application that’s ringing up excessive data and voice usage.
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