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Warning issued to 1,800,000,000 iPhone users following security gap in operating system

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Published 11:06 2 Jun 2025 GMT+1

Warning issued to 1,800,000,000 iPhone users following security gap in operating system

Apple fans are being urged to update their devices

Rikki Loftus

Rikki Loftus

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An urgent warning has been issued to a whopping 1.8 billion iPhone users following a security gap in its operating system.

Apple has sent out the warning to all of its iPhone users to urge them to upgrade their security immediately.

This is a message in order to protect their information after the tech giant noticed a potential gap in its cybersecurity measures.

But don’t panic just yet because all you need to do is update the operating system on your iPhone in order to fix the issue as iOS 18.5 includes a solution for the bug.

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Users are being warned that if they ignore this advice then they could be leaving their data, including photos, messages and sensitive information, vulnerable to hackers.

Any device released after 2018 will be compatible with the upgrade, including the iPhone XS and any later model.

The bug means that your iPhone could be vulnerable to cyber attack (Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images)
The bug means that your iPhone could be vulnerable to cyber attack (Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images)

There’s also an update available for iPads, including the iPad mini.

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Speaking to the Mirror, a representative from Safe Data Storage said: “Apple acted fast, but users need to act too. Updating your device is one of the most important things you can do to protect your private information.

“Tell your parents, your grandparents, your neighbor – anyone with an iPhone. These updates aren’t optional anymore – they’re your first line of defence.”

A hidden flaw within iOS was previously uncovered by an app developer who found that just a single line of code could sabotage your iPhone remotely.

The security researcher in question is Gilherme Rambo who discovered that the flaw was located within the internal messaging system of the device.

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Rambo explained that Darwin notifications interfere with system operations because of the way the phone responds to them, and this is how they’re able to disrupt normal device functionality.

In order to investigate the issue, Rambo created a widget extension he called ‘VeryEvilNotify’ which would softly sabotage a device to test the bug.

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NurPhoto / Getty

Speaking to CyberNews, Rambo said: “Since I was looking for a denial-of-service attack, this last one (‘restore in progress’ mode) seemed to be the most promising, as there was no way out of it other than by tapping the ‘Restart’ button, which would always cause the device to reboot.”

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He added: “I suspect that if the app ended up in the backup and the device was restored from it, the bug would eventually be triggered again, making it even more effective as a denial of service.”

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