AirDrop — Cyber Threats, Attacks & Incidents

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• Critical Vulnerabilities in AirDrop and Quick Share Expose Billions of Devices

  Researchers at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security have uncovered six vulnerabilities in Apple's AirDrop and Google's Quick Share protocols, affecting over five billion devices. These flaws allow attackers…

  7 articles · Updated June 30, 2026
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  Apple has shifted its update strategy, requiring iPhone users on iOS 18 to upgrade to iOS 26.2 to receive critical security fixes. Users still on iOS 18 will no longer see security updates, as Apple promotes the new…

  12 articles · Updated December 20, 2025
• Apple Releases Security Updates for Older iPhones and Apple TV HD

  Apple has issued critical security updates for older devices, including the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPad 7, and Apple TV HD. These updates address security vulnerabilities and demonstrate Apple's ongoing support for aging…

  2 articles · Updated December 24, 2025

Recent Intelligence Reports

• Security vulnerabilities discovered in Apple's AirDrop and Android's Quick Share — Heise.De · June 30, 2026
• AirDrop and Quick Share vulnerabilities affect protocols on five billion devices as fixes begin — Feeds2.Feedburner · June 30, 2026
• iPhone XS, iPhone XR, Apple TV HD get critical security updates — Appleinsider · December 22, 2025
• Apple releases iOS 26.2 with critical security fixes for over a billion iPhones — Mixvale.Br · December 21, 2025

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