Apple warns: Update your iPhone immediately

New, targeted spyware attacks have Apple pushing for a quick update when the next iOS version arrives.

For most iPhone owners, it’s business as usual. Yet Apple and Google have issued cyber threat warnings to select users because attackers have been using commercial spyware to exploit new vulnerabilities in both iOS and Android.

These aren’t the kind of attacks that are meant to affect many people. Forbes describes them as operations where attackers use “extraordinary resources” to target very few, carefully selected individuals.

Even if only a small proportion of users are affected, each exploited vulnerability means that the overall protection is weaker.

That’s why there’s almost always a technical response when Apple confirms that the attacks are underway.

iOS 26.2 is just around the corner and should not be skipped

According to Chip.de, Apple is in the process of rolling out iOS 26.2, while testers have already received a new Release Candidate.

The advice is that when the update appears under Settings > General > Software Update, it should be installed immediately.

There are still iPhone owners staying on iOS 18 because the system continues to receive fixes.

However, Apple points out that iOS 26 provides a higher level of security and that anti-fraud and anti-fraud features only came with iOS 26.

IOS 26.2 is expected to contain numerous security updates, several of which could plug critical holes from recent spyware campaigns.

The update also mentions new security features for AirDrop and new emergency notifications.

When speed becomes part of security

Apple’s history shows just how much can be at stake when millions of devices use the same software.

Founded in 1976, the company changed the smartphone market with the iPhone in 2007.

Today, Apple also emphasizes design with recycled materials.

In 2025, Apple’s market capitalization was at times over 19.1 trillion dollars, and such size makes security a core mission.

Ronald Wayne sold his ten percent stake in 1976, just twelve days after the company was founded, and today it would be worth more than $638 billion.

The first Apple I was priced at $666.66, equivalent to almost $25,000 in today’s currency.