Covering all things Apple, iPhone, iPad, Mac News, and Rumors. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:32:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://cdn.idropnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/27140754/cropped-iDrop-fav1-80x80.png 32 32 007aff https://www.idropnews.com/psa/fake-500-iphone-duo-preorder-malware-warning/269099/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:32:50 +0000 https://www.idropnews.com/?p=269099 Don't visit this fake iPhone Duo pre-order page. Scammers are using it to deploy zero-click DarkSword exploits to unpatched iOS devices.
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