After months of hints and restarts, Apple has included a key new security feature in the newly released iOS 11.4.1: USB Restricted Mode.

A new set of technical updates, commercial webinars and sales pitches from Cellebrite outline the company's drive into IoT.

Tuesday's report spread quickly after it was initially published on Tuesday including being re-blogged on several prominent outlets and reaching the top of the popular Hacker News forum.

On the back of newly achieved breakthroughs against Samsung Galaxy S phones and LG products, Cellebrite announced record-high revenue for 2017.

Jenovice Cyber Labs' Piranha exploits vulnerabilities in WiFi networks to connect an attacker to as many as 50 targeted devices at once.

"It’s getting much too easy for device manufacturers to implement very secure encryption and lock mechanisms," a Cellebrite director said.