{"id":46611,"date":"2013-08-01T11:17:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T09:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=46611"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:16:38","slug":"ios-7-will-be-updated-to-address-threat-of-fake-phone-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ios-7-will-be-updated-to-address-threat-of-fake-phone-chargers\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 7 will be updated to address threat of fake phone chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is addressing new <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/t\/security\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">security threats<\/a> <\/strong>to iOS by adding a warning when you connect to a computer. It was recently discovered that hackers could access your phone with &#8216;<strong>fake chargers<\/strong>&#8216; that had tiny Linux computers in them.<\/p>\n<p>Security is a constant battle between hackers and developers, and fake chargers are another example of how creative the battle can get. In <a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/ios-7\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>iOS 7<\/strong><\/a>, when you connect to a new computer, you will be asked if you trust this device or not. A normal charger will not activate the message, but if there is a computer in the charger, iOS 7 will detect it and require you to allow access to data on the device or not.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46613\" title=\"ios-7-message\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/08\/ios-7-message.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/08\/ios-7-message.png 320w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/08\/ios-7-message-144x256.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you plug your phone into a charger and see this new warning, you will know there is something wrong. Until iOS 7 is released, you should be wary of what you are connecting your iOS device to.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/apple\/2013\/08\/01\/apple-will-include-in-ios-7-a-fix-to-a-security-flaw-that-allows-fake-chargers-to-hack-your-iphone\/?fromcat=all\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TheNextWeb<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is addressing new security threats to iOS by adding a warning when you connect to a computer. It was recently discovered that hackers could access your phone with &#8216;fake chargers&#8216; that had tiny Linux computers in them. Security is a constant battle between hackers and developers, and fake chargers are another example of how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ios-7-will-be-updated-to-address-threat-of-fake-phone-chargers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;iOS 7 will be updated to address threat of fake phone chargers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-46611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332507,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46611\/revisions\/332507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46611"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=46611"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=46611"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=46611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}