DSD advises iOS 6 update despite incomplete evaluation

In a broadcast issued by DSD’s Cyber Security Operations Centre, DSD has said that the new version of Apple’s mobile operating system provides “notable security enhancements” that warrant the update, despite its acknowledgement that iOS 6 was still in evaluation.

“In particular, iOS 6 addresses a known vulnerability in Apple Mail’s use of Data Protection on email attachments, which is unlikely to be retrospectively applied to iOS 5.”