{"id":1001144,"date":"2026-04-04T09:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1001144"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:03:17","slug":"apple-releases-security-patch-for-older-iphones-and-ipads-to-block-darksword-attacks-heres-how-to-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/04\/04\/apple-releases-security-patch-for-older-iphones-and-ipads-to-block-darksword-attacks-heres-how-to-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple releases security patch for older iPhones and iPads to block DarkSword attacks: Here\u2019s how to update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has pushed an unusual security update to iPhones and iPads still running iOS 18, expanding protection against a web-based hacking toolkit known as DarkSword that has already been used to compromise devices across multiple countries. <\/p>\n<p>The update \u2014 iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7 \u2014 allows a broader range of devices to receive protection from DarkSword, a toolkit that can break into an iPhone simply by a user visiting a compromised website. The exploits steal device data including messages, browser history, location data, and cryptocurrency, uploading it to attacker-controlled servers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has pushed an unusual security update to iPhones and iPads still running iOS 18, expanding protection against a web-based hacking toolkit known as DarkSword that has already been used to compromise devices across multiple countries. The update \u2014 iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7 \u2014 allows a broader range of devices to receive protection from DarkSword, a toolkit that can break into an iPhone simply by a user visiting a compromised website. The exploits steal device data including messages, browser history, location data, and cryptocurrency, uploading it to attacker-controlled servers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,64,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}