iOS 5.1.1 Update Includes Important Security Fixes

Apple on Friday released a software update to patch a vulnerability that hackers could use to break into the company's popular iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets.The flaw made it possible for hackers to infiltrate Apple mobile devices by duping users into opening PDF document files booby-trapped with malicious computer code.Although no attacks have been observed, it was feared that hackers would exploit the weakness.The update to iOS software running Apple mobile gadgets fortified defenses. The update was available free at Apple's online iTunes shop.

Although Apple released an iPhone software update this week that fixed a bug that allowed people to access your locked device without a passcode, another similar vulnerability has been discovered. 

Apple just released an update to iOS, the operating system for iPhones and iPads.  The software includes several bug fixes plus a few new features. You can now use Siri to purchase movie tickets via Fandango and iTunes Match will let you download individual songs.

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Whoever on Apple's security team manages iOS's lockscreen feature must be having a rough day. Just 24 hours after a new update to the operating system patched a flaw that allowed anyone to gain access to a locked phone, another lockscreen bypass has already been found.

Apple has identified the iPhone bug that lets anyone access your locked device and will provide a software update with a fix soon.

Apple has had a few problems with its latest iPhone and iPad software update.

The world of computer software vulnerabilities and exploits is a lucrative one. So found Ralf-Philipp Weinmann, a research associate at the University of Luxembourg's Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, when he reported three Chrome vulnerabilities to Google's "bug bounty" program.