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Tim Hardwick @ MacRumors · today 05:10 EDT

Apple Passwords App Bug Left Users Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks for Months Before Being Fixed

Apple fixed a bug in its Passwords app with December's iOS 18.2 update that had left users vulnerable to phishing attacks in the three months since the launch of iOS 18.


According to an Apple security update spotted by 9to5Mac, the Passwords app was sending unencrypted requests for the logos and icons associated with users' stored passwords.

Without protections of encryption, an attacker on the same Wi-Fi network could redirect a user's browser to a clone phishing site where login details could be s

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