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Millions of iPhone users now have a critical fix.<\/p>\n
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Apple has just surprised hundreds of millions<\/a> of iPhone owners, pushing all users to ditch iOS 18 for iOS 26.2 if they own an eligible device \u2014 any iPhone 11 or newer. This protects you against current spyware attacks, which Apple warns are ongoing<\/a>. But it also can defend you against the airport hacking threat flagged by TSA<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you\u2019re at an airport,” TSA says, \u201cdo not plug your phone directly into a USB port,\u201d because, it warns, “hackers can install malware at USB ports.\u201d<\/p>\n ForbesHow To Check If Your iPhone Has Apple\u2019s Critical New UpdateBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n Fortunately, Apple has addressed this in iOS 26 \u2014 which means iPhone users upgrading now from iOS 18 per Apple\u2019s mandate can protect their phones. This only applies to phones with USB-C ports \u2014 iPhone 15 and iPhone 16, with iPhone 17 already on iOS 26.<\/p>\n Per TSA\u2019s warning, upgrade your iPhone before you fly to ensure this hacking threat doesn\u2019t catch you out. Apple doesn\u2019t enable the protection by default. You need to change your settings. Here\u2019s what you do:<\/p>\n Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Wired Accessories<\/a>.<\/p>\n iOS 26: Wired Accessories<\/p>\n Apple \/ @UKZak<\/p>\n Enable either \u201cAlways Ask\u201d or \u201cAsk for New Accessories.\u201d The other two options, \u201cAutomatically Allow When Unlocked,” which is the default, and \u201cAlways Allow” do not protect you against this threat, unless your iPhone is always locked when charging.<\/p>\n Hijacking charging connections to connect to phones is known as \u201cjuice jacking.\u201d It\u2019s highly controversial, with more warnings than proven attacks. But Apple, Google and Samsung are all now tightening device defenses against malicious data connections. Take that as a good sign you need to enable the setting and do the same.<\/p>\n With hundreds of millions of iPhone users now installing iOS 26 for the first time, there are two other critical security changes to note. First, Safari now adds fingerprinting protection<\/a> to Safari for all browsing, not just private browsing. This follows Google\u2019s controversial decision this year to unban this secretive user tracking.<\/p>\n ForbesPorn Hack\u2014Pornhub Warns Users \u2018May Receive Emails\u2019 From HackersBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n And second, you can filter scam calls from your Phone settings, with the option top have iPhone screen unknown callers in real-time<\/a> for their name and reason for calling. And in your Messages settings, you can filter spam into its own folder<\/a>. This should catch most scam texts as well. Both these features mirror Google\u2019s recent Android updates.<\/p>\n There has been a known issue for some users, with these settings greyed out. There is no workaround, other than a hard reset. We\u2019re told this will be fixed imminently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Millions of iPhone users now have a critical fix. 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