How to Avoid Having Your iPhone Hacked

New patch available.,,

iPhone 6 Plus.

An Israeli company that sells hacking services to governments so they can spy on journalists and dissidents, exploited gaping security holes in iPhone software, according to a report by Lookout Security and Citizen Lab, William Turton reports on gizmodo.com.

 But don’t worry: Apple just pushed a fix, and I'm installing it as I write this.

For more:  http://gizmodo.com/israeli-cyber-weapon-dealers-figured-out-how-to-hack-ev-1785747391?rev=1472146804400&utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

For a nytimes.com report: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/technology/apple-software-vulnerability-ios-patch.html?_r=0

Check your iPhone for updates for the fix published today.

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