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Hack Brief: Upgrade to iOS 9 to Avoid a Bluetooth iPhone Attack

2015-09-16 16:13:33| Wireless - Topix.net

If improved battery life and a smarter Siri aren't enough to convince you to upgrade to iOS 9, there's now another incentive to trade up sooner rather than later: To avoid having your iPhone wirelessly hijacked by any miscreant within Bluetooth range. On Wednesday, Australian security researcher and consultant Mark Dowd revealed that iOS 9 includes a patch for a security vulnerability he warned Apple about just over a month ago.

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