Apple's iOS 27 Includes New Security Feature to Block Fraud

Apple released iOS 27 on September 14 with a new security feature called Impersonation Risk Detection designed to help users identify and block fraud attempts before they lose money or expose sensitive information. This feature primarily protects against scams where fraudsters impersonate bank employees to deceive users.

iOS 27 analyzes information directly on the device and rates apps by risk level—unknown, medium, or high. If an app is flagged as high risk, the system can suspend payment transactions from that app, display warnings, and request additional identity verification from the user.

This security system operates entirely on the device without sending personal data (photos, messages, etc.) to Apple. However, since this feature is not enabled by default, users must manually activate it by going to Settings > Privacy & Security and enabling "Share with App Developers" under Impersonation Risk Detection to use this protection.

Ref: Unilad