<ul><li>Apple released emergency security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability exploited in highly sophisticated attacks.</li><li>The vulnerability allowed attackers to disable the USB Restricted Mode on a locked device.</li><li>The USB Restricted Mode is a security feature that protects devices from unauthorized access via the Lightning port.</li><li>Apple fixed the vulnerability with improved state management in iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1.</li></ul>

Apple fixes iPhone and iPad bug exploited in ‘extremely sophisticated attacks’

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