Apple working on fix for serious iOS 6.1 security flaw

Apple’s iOS updates are always released to much fanfare. The latest one – iOS 6.1 – brought more than just Siri-enabled movie-ticket purchases and iTunes Match enhancements to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. In fact, it has brought with it a couple of bugs that surely Apple coders didn’t write in to the software. This new vulnerability can be exploited to bypass passcode locks on iOS 6 or 6.1 devices, just like it was exposed with the iPhone 4. The security lets anyone bypass the iPhone password lock and access the phone app, view or modify contacts. Other things a potential hacker can do include checking your voicemail, and also look through your albums, by attempting to add a photo to a contact.

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