Apple Umbrella

New iOS 5.1.1 Firmware Patches Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability in Safari

Recently Apple released iOS 5.1.1 that offers important improvements and many bug fixes. The latest iOS 5.1.1 firmware improves the reliability of HDR option for taking photos using lock screen, fixes addresses bugs on iPad that disturb the switching between 2G and 3G networks, and fixes bugs of the AirPlay with iOS 5.1.1 firmware. The latest firmware iOS 5.1.1 improve reliability for syncing Safari bookmarks and reading list, there was an issue on iOS 5.1, when you purchase things from iTunes, an error pop up on iDevice screen saying “unable to purchase”, iOS 5.1.1 fixes this issue too.

Now another security update has been found on iOS 5.1.1 for a URL spoofing trick in Safari. MajorSecurity.net outlined it, this found during visiting a fake site that shows apple.com in address bar, you can use this technique for collecting login and banking information on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad running iOS 5.1 or older and Apple has patched the vulnerability in iOS 5.1.1:

Now iOS Code Mentions iChat Capability Coming to Mobile

Now a Developer John Heaton found some code in the latest version of iOS that mentions iChat capability could to end with, is coming to the mobile operating system. So, the code mentions various chat services like Jabber and AIM, and while it doesn’t specifically mention iChat, there’s certainly some strings in there that aren’t yet included.