"a software update is required to connect to your iPhone." is a potential hack?
Hello everyone,
On a Macbook Air M1, I received a unsolicited text message with an image. Soon after, I was prompted with the "a software update is required to connect to your iPhone." - Both my iPhone 12 and my mac have the latest updates, Firewall is on and I have Bitdefender Antivirus.
I clicked on "update", strangely, it loaded the program but there was no end prompt saying that It had completed.
The next day, soon after booting, the computer shut down and started booting over and over again, never reaching the login screen. After trying to reinstall Monterey, the OS would boot over and over again and the screen started to flicker.
Brought it to repair. They said the OS was corrupted and they had to replace the screen. The technician said it was the first time she had seen this.
After I wiped my iPhone clean and bought an M2 the "a software update is required to connect to your iPhone." is still showing up, this time not every occasion that I plug the phone on my computer. It's just random.
I'm I the lone ranger here?
MacBook Air, macOS 12.6