{"id":1880,"date":"2010-06-22T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T08:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2012-12-12T13:57:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T21:57:55","slug":"apple-updates-ios-patches-holes-fixes-flaws-squashes-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/apple-updates-ios-patches-holes-fixes-flaws-squashes-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Updates iOS: Patches Holes, Fixes Flaws, Squashes Bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s no surprise. Every time Apple releases a major OS upgrade, there&#8217;s a security element included. In this case, the new version of the iOS (formerly iPhone OS), contains more than 60 security fixes. These fixes, as expected, run the gamut of the OS: from Safari cookies to application sandboxes; from WebKit (the framework for displaying web pages), to, well, WebKit (50 of the bugs fixed are in WebKit alone). 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