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Apple outs iOS 6.1.3, aims to fix security flaws

After a brief period of beta testing, iOS 6.1.3 is now out in the open and ready to be downloaded on supported iOS-powered devices running on iOS 6 or later.

The recent update aims to patch up the platform’s well-documented vulnerability that allows anyone that has access to your device to totally bypass the lock screen to access information using the phone application.

ios 6.1.3

Apart from fixing the bug, iOS 6.1.3 also brings some improvements on Apple Maps in Japan. The update is also said to remove the EvasiOn jailbreak on the device and impairing any possibility for it to be jailbroken again using existing means. It’s something to ponder upon before you update your device.

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This article was written by Ronnie Bulaong, a special features contributor and correspondent for YugaTech. Follow him on Twitter @turonbulaong.

10 Responses

  1. Avatar for Edwin C Edwin C says:

    Ayaw kung mag-update. Di pala to ma-jailbreak.

  2. Avatar for EwanMcGorio EwanMcGorio says:

    Another update, another blunde by Apple. The latest lock security failed because it can still be exploited based on tech site reports.

  3. Avatar for apple apple says:

    iPhone5 updated worldwide simultaneously
    Samsung Galaxy Note1: still no software update in the PH, worldwide trickling updates haaaaiiiiisssstttttssssss

  4. Avatar for Eco Eco says:

    How about the wifi problem of IP5? Does anyone updated?
    Is the wifi problem of IP5 software or hardware?

  5. Avatar for tarush tarush says:

    This is what I like on Apple products…software updates.

    Now it’s Samsung turn to prove they are indeed capable of creating a “safe” software for enterprise by releasing a software update for patching the similar passcode bypass on SIII and Note 2 security loophole ü

    • Avatar for dan_md dan_md says:

      Saw the youtube demonstration of the supposed “Samsung security glitch.” It’s more of a “sort of” glitch with little consequence. Apple’s passcode security glitch is more fatal.

    • Avatar for pshh pshh says:

      maka-fatal naman to..

      iOS 6.1.3 lock bug: grants access to your photos, contacts, and phone dialer

      http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/20/4129084/another-iphone-lock-screen-exploit-discovered-ios-6-1-3

      galaxy note 2 lock bug: bypass the lock screen and interact with the device as if it had already been unlocked, including access and download apps from the Google Play store, including an app that removes the lock screen

      http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2013/03/new-bypass-samsung-lockscreen-total-control/

  6. Avatar for Cndy Cndy says:

    Yikes… Cannot be jailbroken…

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