Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings
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Apple released patches for a critical bypass of USB Restricted Mode (CVE-2025-24200) that Apple described as the result of an "extremely sophisticated attack" and which has been observed in the wild; fixes are in iOS 18.3.1, iPadOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 17.7.5 for affected devices. The flaw, characterized by NIST as an authorization/state management issue and disclosed by Citizen Lab researcher Bill Marczak, allowed attackers with physical access to circumvent port lockdown protections, prompting urgent updates.
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