The bug thatallowed fake chargers to chop your iPhonehas at last been fixed by Apple . well ! But you wo n’t get the software fix until iOS 7 . Apple was alert of the security hole originally this year and the hack was demonstrated at the Black Hat hacking convention on Wednesday .
https://gizmodo.com/your-iphone-can-be-hacked-with-a-modified-charger-510988017
Apple tell Reutersthat the fix had really been egress in the latest beta of iOS 7 , which means non - developer aka regular people will have to waitress until iOS 7 is formally released to get patched up .
The mode the hack worked was through a usage built battery charger equipped with a Linux figurer . sound fancy ! And it is ! But it ’s also potentially very dangerous , as the charger could taint the sound with viruses that could give hack remote ascendency of the phone and the power to steal sensitive information . But we do n’t have to concern about that any longer ! Well , we still have to be sort of careful what we cling into our iPhone until iOS 7 descend out . [ Reuters ]
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