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According to firstnameatappledotcom, iOS 11.2.5 is ready and might be released as soon as Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
The update also includes the fix to address the crash caused by specially crafted malicious text that can cause iOS device to freeze.
January 4, 2018
Parking is hard, apparently.
Another day goes by and my colleague and I are still talking about “Meltdown and Spectre” exploits.
Apple started offering SIM-Free iPhone X on Monday, December 4, 2017. There are a lot of iPhone X in stock at the time of this writing.
According to several Apple Store employees, significant numbers of customers coming in to exchange their recently purchased iPhone X with the SIM-free iPhone X.
We visited Apple Store South Coast Plaza (R004) and saw number of customers waiting in line to exchange their iPhone X with their SIM-Free counterparts.
Apple is preparing iOS 11.2 for public release. With the deployment of iOS 11.2 beta 6 which internally labeled as the Release Version.
Apple Pay Cash is expected to be made available following iOS 11.2 public release.
Apple will be issuing Software Update to disable “root” user which is inadvertently enabled by default with blank password in macOS High Sierra.
To disable “root” user, follow the instruction from Apple or the instruction below:
Disable the root user
Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups (or Accounts).Click the Lock, then enter an administrator name and password.
Click Login Options.
Click Join (or Edit).
Click Open Directory Utility.
Click the Lock in the Directory Utility window, then enter an administrator name and password.
From the menu bar in Directory Utility: Choose Edit > Disable Root
In previous incarnations of macOS/OS X/Mac OS X, “root” user is disabled by default.
Note:
Anyone with physical access to your Mac potentially can reset your password.
As reported by Juli Clover for MacRumors and numerous other sites:
The bug, discovered by developer Lemi Ergin, lets anyone log into an admin account using the username “root” with no password. This works when attempting to access an administrator’s account on an unlocked Mac, and it also provides access at the login screen of a locked Mac.
We verified that on macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, “root” user is enabled by default with blank password. For comparison, OS X El Capitan has “root” user disabled by default.
UPDATE:
We verified that previous versions of macOS/OS X/Mac OS X have “root” user disabled by default.
This is similar to the enabled-by-default-with-blank-password “administrator” accounts in Windows XP.
By having “root” user disabled by default, potentially a remote attacker can compromise Macs running macOS High Sierra.
Having said all that, anyone with physical access and the right knowledge can reset local user password.
A few days ahead the official iPhone X launch date, Apple releases iOS 11.1, watchOS 4.1, tvOS 11.1 and macOS High Sierra 10.13.1.
These updates includes fix for Key Reinstallation Attacks – KRACK vulnerability.
As we have reported on October 23, 2017 iOS 11.1 build 15B93 was indeed the Golden Master. In addition to that, iOS 11.1 for iPhone X carries a different build number.