iOS 10.3.1

iOS 10.3.1

Released April 3, 2017

Wi-Fi

Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later

Impact: An attacker within range may be able to execute arbitrary code on the Wi-Fi chip

Description: A stack buffer overflow was addressed through improved input validation.

CVE-2017-6975: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero

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A for Apple

Source: Internet

'A' for Apple. Wait.... Which Apple?

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Shit Apple Fanatics Say, Part 1

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iphone zommed in

Problem:

Encountered an iphone 4 with all the icons "zoomed in". Basically, the screen is zoomed in.

This is because the zoom option under Accessibility is accidentally turned on.

Solutions:

One way is completely shut down and restart and it will revert to its original settings and it will not zoomed in any more.

Triple tap with three fingers will fix the issue.


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iOS: Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong passcode

Summary

Learn what to do if you have forgotten or can't remember your passcode, or if you see a red "disabled" message.

Products Affected

iPad, iPhone, iPod touch

When you set up a passcode to secure the use of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and you then enter the wrong passcode, you may see a red "disabled" message. If you forgot or can't remember your passcode, follow the steps in this article to resolve the issue.
If you enter the wrong passcode six or more times, you'll see a message that says one of the following:

• iPhone is disabled
• iPad is disabled
• iPod touch is disabled

The message says to try again later:

After too many attempts, your device may display, "[Device] is disabled, connect to iTunes".

If you have previously synced your device with iTunes

You may be able to reset the passcode by restoring the device.

1. Connect the device to the computer with which you normally sync and open iTunes.
   Note: If iTunes prompts you to enter the passcode, try another computer that you have synced with. Otherwise, go to "If you have never synced your device with iTunes", below.
2. Right-click the device in the left column and select Back up.
3. When the backup is complete, select Restore.
4. When finished, restore from your most recent backup.

If you have never synced your device with iTunes

Connecting the device may result in this error message: "iTunes could not connect to the [device] because it is locked with a passcode. You must enter your passcode on the [device] before it can be used with iTunes."

1. Disconnect the USB cable from the device, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
2. Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.
3. While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the device. The device should turn on.
4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen. When this screen appears, release the Home button.
5. iTunes should alert you that it has detected a device in recovery mode. Click OK, and then click Restore to restore the device.

If you don't have access to a computer

If you are using Find My iPhone, you can use Remote Wipe to restore your device. If you have been using iCloud to back up, you may be able to restore the most recent backup to reset the passcode.






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About the security content of iOS 6.1.3

Summary

This document describes the security content of iOS 6.1.3.

Products Affected

Product Security

For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.
For information about the Apple Product Security PGP Key, see "How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key."
Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.
To learn about other Security Updates, see "Apple Security Updates".

iOS 6.1.3

• dyld
  Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
  Impact: A local user may be able to execute unsigned code
  Description: A state management issue existed in the handling of Mach-O executable files with overlapping segments. This issue was addressed by refusing to load an executable with overlapping segments.
  CVE-ID
  CVE-2013-0977 : evad3rs
  

• Kernel
  Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
  Impact: A local user may be able to determine the address of structures in the kernel
  Description: An information disclosure issue existed in the ARM prefetch abort handler. This issue was addressed by panicking if the prefetch abort handler is not being called from an abort context.
  CVE-ID
  CVE-2013-0978 : evad3rs
  

• Lockdown
  Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
  Impact: A local user may be able to change permissions on arbitrary files
  Description: When restoring from backup, lockdownd changed permissions on certain files even if the path to the file included a symbolic link. This issue was addressed by not changing permissions on any file with a symlink in its path.
  CVE-ID
  CVE-2013-0979 : evad3rs
  

• Passcode Lock
  Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
  Impact: A person with physical access to the device may be able to bypass the screen lock
  Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of emergency calls from the lock screen. This issue was addressed through improved lock state management.
  CVE-ID
  CVE-2013-0980 : Christopher Heffley of theMedium.ca, videosdebarraquito
  

• USB
  Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
  Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code in the kernel
  Description: The IOUSBDeviceFamily driver used pipe object pointers that came from userspace. This issue was addressed by performing additional validation of pipe object pointers.
  CVE-ID
  CVE-2013-0981 : evad3rs
  

• WebKit
  Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
  Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
  Description: An invalid cast issue existed in the handling of SVG files. This issue was addressed through improved type checking.
  CVE-ID
  CVE-2013-0912 : Nils and Jon from MWR Labs working with HP TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
  

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Foxconn unable to meet iPhone 5 demand

Foxconn unable to meet iPhone 5 demand
Posted: 08 November 2012 1259 hrs
     
TAIPEI: Taiwan's Foxconn has admitted that it cannot meet strong demand for Apple's new iPhone 5 due to difficulties in building the gadget, as investors grow concerned about the US giant's future earnings.

"We can't really fulfil Apple's requests. Our shipments are insufficient... given the huge market demand," Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou told reporters late Wednesday.

He added that the design of the iPhone 5, of which five million were sold over its launch weekend in September, has made production difficult, but did not elaborate.

He declined to say whether Foxconn plans to outsource some of the iPhone orders to other makers.

The iPhone has been a huge driver of Apple's phenomenal profits, along with the iPad, both of which are made by Foxconn which also manufactures products for other firms such as Nokia, Intel and Sony.

Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said on October 25 that demand for the iPhone 5 continued to outstrip supply, but that it was working hard to catch up.

Last month the firm, which is based in Cupertino, California, said net profit in the July-September quarter climbed to US$8.2 billion thanks to a 58 per cent jump in sales of its phones and a 26 per cent rise in tablet sales.

But Apple's shares have fallen in recent weeks owing to concerns it may not be able to meet demand in the near future, as well as increased competition from rivals including Samsung.

Mars Hsu, an analyst at Grand Cathay Securities, said Apple's main worry was in product innovation, as the new iPad and iPad Mini did not appear to be very different from competitors' gadgets.

Apple has also faced much criticism since the launch of the iPhone 5, following a number of problems.

It was forced to apologise soon after the phone's launch because of its glitch-ridden maps application in the new operating system, which led the firm to urge customers to use rival apps while improvements were made.

The company is also undergoing a management overhaul and last month announced the executive in charge of Maps, Siri and other software in the iPhone is leaving as part of a shakeup.

Taiwan-based Foxconn is the world's largest contract electronics maker and assembles products for Apple, Sony and Nokia, among others in its factories in China.

The company has come under the spotlight after suicides and labour unrest at its Chinese plants in recent years, which activists have blamed on tough working conditions, prompting calls for better treatment of staff.

Foxconn employs more than one million workers in China, roughly half of them based in its main facility in Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong.

- AFP/ck/jc


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Telcos to offer new iPad mini & 4G iPad

Telcos to offer new iPad mini & 4G iPad
By Brandon Tanoto | Posted: 24 October 2012 1806 hrs
     
SINGAPORE: Singapore's three major telcos will be offering the new iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad that were unveiled in the United States on Tuesday.

Apple announced that it will start shipping the fourth-generation iPad, as well as the WiFi model of the iPad mini to Singapore next Friday.

It will ship the 4G versions of the two devices a couple of weeks later.

The three telcos, SingTel, StarHub and M1, said in separate statements that they will offer the new iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad in the coming weeks and customers will be able to connect to their 4G network with speeds of up to 75 Mbps.

They added that details on pricing and availability dates will be released in due course.

According to the Apple website, prices of the iPad mini start from S$448 for the 16GB WiFi model and can cost up to S$878 for the 64GB model with 4G connectivity.

Apple said the iPad mini is 52 per cent lighter and 23 per cent thinner than the third-generation iPad.

- CNA/xq

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Apple - Introducing iPad mini

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Apple most popular employer among fresh grads

Apple most popular employer among fresh grads
Posted: 11 August 2011 1257 hrs
 
SINGAPORE: Apple, the maker of the iPhone and iPad, is the most popular employer among entry-level jobseekers in Singapore.

This is the second consecutive year that the technology giant clinched the top spot in the annual survey by JobsCentral.

Close to 40 per cent of the more than 3,200 local university students and graduates surveyed chose it as the company they would like to work for.

CEO of JobsCentral, Lim Der Shing, said Apple's cool factor doesn't just affect the sales of its products, but has clearly spilt over to have a positive influence on its image as an employer.

But Mr Lim added, "Just like the popular gadgets that Apple produces, it's yet to be seen whether it's a passing fad or a trend that's here to stay."

While Apple is the employer of choice overall, Google appears to appeal most to the crème de la crème among the respondents.

Among those who received or expect to graduate with a First Class Honours or Summa Cum Laude, the majority expressed that they would like to work for Google.

Last year, Google came in second in the rankings among these top students, trailing behind Apple.

The National University of Singapore (NUS) displaced Singapore Tourism Board (STB) as the top government employer.

STB has been the most popular employer in the public sector, according to the survey, for the past three years.

The survey also looked into the salary expectations of fresh graduates.

Similar to last year, most respondents picked a range between S$2,500 and S$2,999 as their expected monthly salary for their first job.

However, a greater percentage of respondents this year (33 per cent) selected the S$3,000-S$3,499 range compared to last year (27.8 per cent).

While only 15.8 per cent of the respondents expected more than S$3,500 for their first job last year, 21.9 per cent of this year's respondents expect at least S$3,500 for their first job.

- CNA/cc

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Apple software update thwarts iPhone-iPad hack

Apple software update thwarts iPhone-iPad hack
July 16, 2011

Apple on Friday released a software update to patch a vulnerability that hackers could use to break into the company's popular iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets.

The flaw made it possible for hackers to infiltrate Apple mobile devices by duping users into opening PDF document files booby-trapped with malicious computer code.

Although no attacks have been observed, it was feared that hackers would exploit the weakness.

The update to iOS software running Apple mobile gadgets fortified defenses. The update was available free at Apple's online iTunes shop.

(c) 2011 AFP


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It's time: Apple's iPhone 3G S debuts

It's time: Apple's iPhone 3G S debuts
Crowd lines up in New York to be the first to get new version of smartphone, as Apple tries to keep itself in the game.


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Apple is hopeful that the new iPhone 3G S, which was launched Friday, will help it fend off the increasing competition in the smartphone world.

It worked the last time. After Apple released the iPhone 3G in July 2008, its share leapt from 7.4% in the second quarter of last year to 30.1% in the third quarter, according to IDC data.

But this time, the iPhone isn't the only new hot gadget around. The 3G S launch comes less than a week after rival Palm (PALM) unveiled its much ballyhooed Pre smartphone on the Sprint (S, Fortune 500) network, and RIM (RIMM) announced it will debut the new BlackBerry Tour on Sprint and Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) in the coming months.

And indeed, stiff competition has eroded Apple's smartphone share down to just 19.5% in the first quarter of 2009, compared to 55.3% for RIM.

Still, Piper Jaffray's senior research analyst Gene Munster said he expects Apple to sell 500,000 iPhones over the weekend. That's half of what Apple sold during the 3G launch, though that phone launched in 21 countries compared to eight for the 3G S. But that's far more than the 50,000 Pres that analysts estimate Palm sold in the first two days of sales.
0:00 /4:44Apple's new iPhone

Lining up for the iPhone: Customers lined up at Apple Stores around the world to be among the first to own the new iPhone.

Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) began its rolling release of the iPhone 3G S in the United States at 7 a.m. ET. It then debuted in successive time zones each hour. (For more on the iPhone 3G S launch, see the Apple 2.0 blog)OS 3

About 300 people stood outside the Apple Store on New York's 5th Avenue -- some of them since early Thursday -- waiting for the doors to open. Inside the store, employees were seen being briefed about the new phone's features before selling it to customers.

"I got on line at 2 a.m.," said Luis Palacios, 22, of New York, who was one of the first to emerge from the store with a new iPhone. "It was really early, but it was worth it for the video."

Though lines were long, they were shorter than anticipated -- the Apple Store put out many more yards of metal barriers than necessary. An Apple Store employee said it would likely take about three hours to sell iPhones to the customers who were lined up before the store opened. He said the line was longer during the last iPhone release in July.
0:00 /3:09All eyes on Steve Jobs

Joining the would-be buyers were lots of reporters looking to see if the new device, unveiled at the Apple developers' conference in San Francisco earlier this month, would attract the hubbub of previous iPhone versions.

The 3G S version comes equipped with a 3-megapixel camera with video capturing and editing capabilities, improved battery life with up to 12 hours of talk time and 30 hours of audio, voice-command control, and a built-in digital compass.

"The new iPhone is redefining what people can do on a phone," said Chad Evans, an app designer for mlb.com. "We're now able to live stream complete games on a handheld device."

The 16-gigabyte iPhone 3G S can be had for $199 with a new contract with exclusive carrier AT&T. The 32-gigabyte version costs $299 with a new activation.

Apple will also continue to sell a second-generation iPhone 3G with 8 gigabytes of memory for $99.

The new OS 3.0 operating system, which was launched last week, comes installed on the iPhone 3G S, and is available for free download on all existing iPhones. OS 3.0 enables users to cut, copy and paste for all applications, which iPhone users have long demanded. The operating system also features an undo gesture, which will undo the last action by shaking the phone.

First Published: June 19, 2009: 7:12 AM ET

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