Things have not been going so good for Apple these past couple of months, first the iPhone 5C may be their first true flop in years and iOS7 is making users angry and confused and the new operating system seems to be plagued with security problems. For example soon after iOS 7 came out, a pair of holes in the lockscreen were outed and then quickly fixed in iOS 7.0.2.
However it now turns out that Apple didn't fix future problems of this sort proactively, because the just-announced iOS 7.0.3 closes three more locked-phone holes. Apple rarely releases updates, or what are really patches this quickly.
The three bugs this time deal with similar problems to those patched in 7.0.2:
- Another flaw in the emergency call feature, where hitting the call button at a carefully-planned moment lets you call any number, not just 911 or your local equivalent.
- A passcode lockout bypass, so that crackers can continue trying passcodes even after the phone decides they've had too many goes and locks them out.
- Access to the Contacts pane even when the phone is locked
If you care about security, you may as well make sure you grab this update as soon as you can, if your phone hasn't done it for you already.
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