A fake Verizon fraud call led to account changes, a phone upgrade and scary texts. See how it worked and how to protect yourself.

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As you realize your iPhone is locked, panic starts to set in. Getting stuck outside your own device feels like losing your ...

Researchers disclosed usbliter8, a SecureROM exploit affecting older Apple devices that can bypass boot protections with physical access.

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Your iPhone can feel nearly useless to a thief once you mark it as lost. Apple's Activation Lock can help turn a stolen device into a locked brick. That should make phone theft less profitable. Yet ...

iOS 27 introduces a new device recovery mode. This is a Mac-like recovery feature where the iPhone is able to boot into an alternative UI that doesn’t involve loading the entirety of the main ...

While the focus was on Siri AI and all the new Apple Intelligence features that debuted with iOS 27 last night, Apple quietly also gave some major hints about its plans for the first foldable phone ...

Two software engineers, M1Astra and Sam Henri Gold, found traces of iPhone Ultra in the released iOS 27 beta source code. Of course, the strings don't contain the name "iPhone Ultra", but the ...

In brief: Despite dating back to 1993 and the GSM era, SMS codes remain fully active across authentication and identity verification workflows. Microsoft is among the bigger tech players pushing to ...