Stolen iPhones could soon be worth a lot less to thieves

The UK’s Metropolitan Police has reached an agreement with Apple designed to make stolen iPhones harder to resell and less attractive to thieves. The approach combines stronger technical protections with direct data sharing between Apple and law enforcement. In 2023, about 1.4 million mobile phon...

CVE-2026-28895

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. An attacker with physical access to an iOS device with Stolen Device Protection enabled may be able to access biometrics-gated Protected Apps with the passcode...

EUVD-2026-15177

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. An attacker with physical access to an iOS device with Stolen Device Protection enabled may be able to access biometrics-gated Protected Apps with the passcode...

CVE-2026-28895

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. An attacker with physical access to an iOS device with Stolen Device Protection enabled may be able to access biometrics-gated Protected Apps with the passcode...

CVE-2026-28895

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. An attacker with physical access to an iOS device with Stolen Device Protection enabled may be able to access biometrics-gated Protected Apps with the passcode...

CVE-2026-28895

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. An attacker with physical access to an iOS device with Stolen Device Protection enabled may be able to access biometrics-gated Protected Apps with the passcode...

CVE-2026-28895

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. An attacker with physical access to an iOS device with Stolen Device Protection enabled may be able to access biometrics-gated Protected Apps with the passcode...

CVE-2026-28895

The CVE-2026-28895 entry is confirmed by connected documents: iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 fix the issue. Attacker with physical access on a device with Stolen Device Protection enabled could access biometrics-gated Protected Apps using the passcode. Root cause is described as improved checks, with r...

PT-2026-27611

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 26.4 iPadOS versions prior to 26.4 Description A security issue exists where an attacker with physical access to an iOS device with Stolen Device Protection enabled may be able to access biometrics-gated Protected Apps wi...

CVE-2017-18673

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N7.x software. An attacker can disable the Location service on a locked device, making it impossible for the rightful owner to find a stolen device. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-8524 May 2017...

CVE-2025-43422

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to disable Stolen Device Protection...

CVE-2025-43422

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to disable Stolen Device Protection...

CVE-2025-43422

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to disable Stolen Device Protection...

CVE-2025-43422

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to disable Stolen Device Protection...

CVE-2025-43422

CVE-2025-43422 affects Apple iOS/iPadOS; vulnerability arises in Stolen Device Protection and is fixed in iOS 26.1/iPadOS 26.1. An attacker with physical access could disable Stolen Device Protection, per Red Hat/NVD/NCSC entries and Apple security content. Remediation: update to iOS 26.1 / iPadO...

CVE-2025-43422

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to disable Stolen Device Protection...

PT-2025-44858

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to disable Stolen Device Protection...

EUVD-2024-41158

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

EUVD-2024-20738

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

CVE-2024-23219

The issue was addressed with improved authentication. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3. Stolen Device Protection may be unexpectedly disabled...