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Apple issued a special patch for iOS 18 to protect itself from dangerous malware without updating to the new release.

It is well known that although Apple's products have historically been known for being resistant to cyber attacks and have excellent protection systems, with their popularity now hacking and embedding malware will be more and more successful because hackers are working at this point to find more weaknesses, making updating more necessary for users than ever before.

According to a report by the website, TechRadar mentioned how Apple has issued a new update to iOS version 18, which, although this version was first released as recently as mid-c.2024 (d. (2567) But compared to the current version of iOS 26, it has been called an old, ancient, outdated version. But Apple still sees that it is important to release an update to prevent cyber attacks, especially after the Darksword malware that attacks iOS users began to spread to the news at the end of the month. And although Apple has recently issued an urgent patch to iOS 18 users to protect them from Darksword malware, the patch supports only those that are so old that they update to the new iOS version. Only got it.

This leads to an update in the form "Backport," or the update of the latest version can be used with the previous version. This brings the update of iOS 26.3 directly to iOS 18. This update is available on iOS 18, which runs on hardware that does not support upgrading to iOS 26, and on devices that have the ability to upgrade to iOS 26. But users choose not to upgrade themselves, allowing Apple to help users reassure themselves of their devices without forcing users to upgrade to iOS 26. iOS 26, as Microsoft forced it to upgrade to Windows 11 anyhow.