Apple has issued iOS 18.2, along with the first major Apple Intelligence features and 21 updates you should apply to your iPhone now. Here's what you need to know.
Update Dec. 13, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 11, now includes details about a new CISA warning and an alert from researchers at security outfit Malwarebytes. A Dec. 12 update added information about the Passwords flaw patched in iOS 18.2, as well as other updates issued by Apple.
This indicates Apple is no longer giving you the option to stay on iOS 17 if you have a iOS 18-compatible device. If you remain on iOS 17, this means you will no longer be secure.Apple doesn’t give much detail about what’s fixed in iOS 18.2, to give iPhone users as much time toAmong the issues fixed in iOS 18.
The issue was addressed by using secure web protocol HTTPS when sending information over the network. “Since iOS 18 launched, the new Passwords app has been using unencrypted HTTP to download icons for password entries — a potential risk,” Mysk researchers said. As if there wasn’t enough reason to update to iOS 18.2, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has now entered the conversation with its own warning.on its website. “A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system,” the security agency added.
He describes the vulnerability in the open-source XML parser libexpat tracked as CVE-2024-45490 as a “noteworthy” flaw is. “This vulnerability has been patched in several popular applications since it was discovered in August,” Arntz wrote in the
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