Apple’s bag of woes just had something new added to it. There are Online reports filtering in that a new security flaw discovered in Apple’s recently released software iOS 6.1 enables anyone to bypass an iPhone’s lockscreen, granting them access to a series of core device functions. Apparently, it was first spoken of on YouTube, & then the complaints started pouring in from all over.

The YouTube clip was reportedly posted by an iPhone user, following which tech publications like AppleInsider & The Verge have conducted their own tests to confirm it. These tests showed what the flaw is about: When a caller makes and immediately cancels a call from the emergency dial screen & then hits the power button several times to load the Phone App button, it allows anyone to access the iPhone’s dialer, contact list, voicemail box, call history, messages, photos & FaceTime.

Everyone is now waiting for Apple to officially resond to these allegations. The company had launched the iOS 6.1 to iPhone, iPad & iPod touch devices two weeks ago. Earlier, a section of the iPhone 4S owners had complained that the update was causing battery drain, & the phone, too, was heating up.

Earlier this week, Apple had released the iOS 6.1.1, fixing some of these issues. The company had stated on Wednesday that it was trying to resolve another bug preventing some iPhone & iPad users from syncing their mobile mailbox with Microsoft’s Exchange Server 2010.

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