Interesting to hear such things discussed at that level. Turning it off is suggested to get rid of compromised background processes that might be spying on users. Obviously, this only help against malware that isn’t permanently installed on a phone.
Interesting to hear such things discussed at that level. Turning it off is suggested to get rid of compromised background processes that might be spying on users. Obviously, this only help against malware that isn’t permanently installed on a phone.
Slightly silly with all the spyware that’s intentionally installed (everything from Chrome to Tiktok), but it’s true that most exploitation chains for iOS don’t survive a reboot. If you’ve got an iPhone, a reboot can indeed kill malware and require attackers to exploit your device again.
I doubt any random person is going to be targeted by iOS 0day exploits, but if you’re a journalist or human rights activist using an iPhone in any country, it’s probably worth the minimal effort.
There’s actually a 0-day exploit affecting safari on every single apple device right now, and not a gentle one. There is a fix, but you have to update iOS to get it.
Also a MAJOR 0-day affecting teams, but the exploit is exploiting core app functionality so Microsoft don’t want to fix it.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-teams-bug-allows-malware-delivery-from-external-accounts/
Of course you should always update your iOS when a security fix comes out. It’s not the first remote exploit and it definitely won’t be the last.
The Teams fix seems to be a bug in how Teams deals with external accounts. It won’t exploit your device automatically, it just allows your run of the mill phishing attempts.
My ipad only has 50MB of free ram after the OS loads as it is, I’m not updating ios any further - and I’d probably be just about willing to pay to downgrade back to ipados 12 to make it usable again
Not to mention whatever is running secretly in the modem’s computer.
I don’t have an iPhone. Can you schedule a nightly restart?
I don’t think iPhones have that feature.
Several brands of Android phones have it (as an overnight battery saver feature), but Android generally doesn’t benefit as much from rebooting as iOS does. There’s a system image repair mechanism in Android, but Android offers other methods of persistence for malware to grab onto.