{"id":58147,"date":"2025-02-11T13:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/95d88442-c8a8-453f-ae19-e2e9228435c8"},"modified":"2025-02-11T13:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:21:09","slug":"ios-18-3-1-patches-an-extremely-sophisticated-attack-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/ios-18-3-1-patches-an-extremely-sophisticated-attack-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 18.3.1 patches an &#8216;extremely sophisticated attack&#8217; &#8211; and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"c-shortcodeImage u-clearfix c-shortcodeImage-large\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_imageContainer\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_image\"><picture class=\"c-cmsImage c-cmsImage_loaded\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/ae8962a8b958ba28914526fbdba8e8c8ea4bac34\/2024\/11\/13\/4ed6d28d-733a-4396-9ac9-e1b1d9b3f2c1\/6ff56a3f-159d-4eb0-b590-bd1962642b4f-1-201-a.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=768\" alt=\"iPhone 16 Pro in Dessert Titanium\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/9250d0f55a75774ecee463b8ee5e736f77737a06\/2024\/11\/13\/4ed6d28d-733a-4396-9ac9-e1b1d9b3f2c1\/6ff56a3f-159d-4eb0-b590-bd1962642b4f-1-201-a.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=1024\" alt=\"iPhone 16 Pro in Dessert Titanium\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/b7c27a2ecf0e8fc607462c841ba42c790ec14659\/2024\/11\/13\/4ed6d28d-733a-4396-9ac9-e1b1d9b3f2c1\/6ff56a3f-159d-4eb0-b590-bd1962642b4f-1-201-a.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=1280\" alt=\"iPhone 16 Pro in Dessert Titanium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/b7c27a2ecf0e8fc607462c841ba42c790ec14659\/2024\/11\/13\/4ed6d28d-733a-4396-9ac9-e1b1d9b3f2c1\/6ff56a3f-159d-4eb0-b590-bd1962642b4f-1-201-a.jpg?auto=webp&amp;width=1280\" alt=\"iPhone 16 Pro in Dessert Titanium\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853.0337078651685\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Sabrina Ortiz\/ZDNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yesterday, iOS 18.3.1 for iPhone dropped, and while the last few updates have been packed with new features &#8212; many related to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/apple-releases-ios-18-3-with-ai-powered-apple-intelligence-on-by-default\/\">Apple Intelligence<\/a>&nbsp;&#8212; this one seems to be primarily a security update.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/just-installed-ios-18-3-id-change-these-3-settings-first-for-the-best-experience\/\"><strong>Just installed iOS 18.3? I&#8217;d change these 3 settings first for the best experience<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s an important one.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-shortcodeImage u-clearfix c-shortcodeImage-large c-shortcodeImage-hasCaption\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_imageContainer\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_image\"><picture class=\"c-cmsImage\"><!----> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/ios-18-3-1-patches-an-extremely-sophisticated-attack-and-more\/\" alt=\"iOS 18.3.1 packs a pretty serious security update.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"377.9743223965763\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_caption g-inner-spacing-right-small g-color-black\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"c-ShortcodeContent\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>iOS 18.3.1 packs a pretty serious security update.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Adrian Kingsley-Hughes\/ZDNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Pretty serious, but niche<\/h2>\n<p>The release notes are vague, mentioning that the update contains &#8220;important bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-remotely-access-and-control-someone-elses-iphone-with-their-permission\/\"><strong>How to remotely access and control someone else&#8217;s iPhone (with their permission)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, a little digging into Apple&#8217;s security documents sheds more light on the update. It addresses a bug that makes use of &#8220;an extremely sophisticated attack&#8221; to &#8220;disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device.&#8221; This is clearly a physical attack, requiring hands-on access to the iPhone, so it&#8217;s unlikely to impact the majority of users.<\/p>\n<p>According to Apple, there&#8217;s evidence that this issue may have been exploited &#8220;against specific targeted individuals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, while it&#8217;s pretty serious, it&#8217;s also very niche.<\/p>\n<h2>Behind-the-scene tweaks<\/h2>\n<p>As for any big user interface changes, you&#8217;re out of luck. These x.3.1 updates are almost exclusively behind-the-scenes tweaks. Those changes will likely be saved for iOS 18.4.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re someone who doesn&#8217;t want or need Apple Intelligence &#8212; I&#8217;ve found that I get better battery life with it turned off &#8212; you might want to double-check that this update hasn&#8217;t turned it back on. I&#8217;ve heard from a few people who said that Apple Intelligence was re-enabled following the update.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/i-revisited-the-iphone-se-in-2025-and-it-got-me-excited-for-everything-but-itself\/\"><strong>I revisited the iPhone SE in 2025, and it got me excited for everything but itself<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those who do use Apple Intelligence and like the summarized notifications feature, note that you still cannot summarize news-related notifications. It&#8217;s disabled for specific news apps, and even disabling and re-enabling the feature to bring up the screen that allows you to choose how summarization works doesn&#8217;t fix this.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-shortcodeImage u-clearfix c-shortcodeImage-large c-shortcodeImage-hasCaption\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_imageContainer\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_image\"><picture class=\"c-cmsImage\"><!----> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/ios-18-3-1-patches-an-extremely-sophisticated-attack-and-more\/\" alt=\"You still can't summarize news notifications in iOS 18.3.1.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"828.4789644012944\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_caption g-inner-spacing-right-small g-color-black\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"c-ShortcodeContent\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>You still can&#8217;t summarize news notifications in iOS 18.3.1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Adrian Kingsley-Hughes\/ZDNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Resolved iOS 18.3 bugs<\/h2>\n<p>As for other iOS 18.3 bugs, iOS 18.3.1 may &#8212; or may not &#8212; bring relief. For example, the camera bug where the shutter button would go unresponsive seems to have been fixed. However, a keyboard bug where stickers aren&#8217;t working properly and many of them appear blank still persists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/apple-may-finally-launch-this-new-iphone-model-next-week-what-to-expect-with-se-4\/\"><strong>Apple may finally launch this new iPhone model next week &#8211; what to expect with SE 4<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the performance front, nothing has changed. I ran Geekbench before and after installing the update and saw no difference, which is in line with what I expected. While it&#8217;s too early to tell, I don&#8217;t anticipate much change in battery life either, unless Apple has squashed some bugs under the hood.<\/p>\n<p><!----><\/p>\n<h2>You have updating to do<\/h2>\n<p>Also released alongside iOS 18.3.1 were iPadOS 18.3.1 (and iPadOS 17.7.5 for those on older devices), MacOS 15.3.1 (along with MacOS 14.7.4 and 13.7.4 for older Macs), and visionOS 2.3.1.<\/p>\n<p>So, you&#8217;ve got a lot of updating to do!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-clear-your-iphone-cache-for-a-fresh-and-faster-start-in-2025\/\"><strong>How to clear your iPhone cache for a fresh (and faster) start in 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re waiting for iOS 18.4 to land &#8212; and it&#8217;s expected to be a big one, rolling out an upgraded Siri &#8212; you&#8217;ll have to wait a while. It&#8217;s not expected to arrive until sometime in April.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/ios-18-3-1-patches-an-extremely-sophisticated-attack-and-more\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s what you&#8217;re getting with iOS 18.3.1 &#8211; and why you might want to update ASAP.READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-zdnet-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>iOS 18.3.1 patches an &#039;extremely sophisticated attack&#039; - and more 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security &amp; 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