For years, updating your iPhone meant committing to a new software design and features, whether you liked it or not. There was no option to stay on an older version and still get security fixes. You either moved forward or accepted the risks. But Apple is now doing something it almost never does. It is rolling out security updates for older iOS versions, even for iPhones that can run the latest software. That might sound small, but for Apple, this is a pretty big deal.
This shift didn’t happen randomly. It was pushed by a serious hacking technique called DarkSword. This exploit can take over certain iPhones running iOS 18 just by getting you to visit a compromised website. One wrong click and your phone could be compromised before you even realize something’s off. While users on the latest iOS were already protected, millions of people still using iOS 18 were
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