Apple released a very important security update today. The update fixes a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that have been spotted in use in the wild to attack both Macs and iPhones. One of the two has been used to install the Pegasus spyware onto iPhones. These two vulnerabilities are being tracked as CVE-2021-30860 and CVE-2021-30858 …
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The bad news is some of Apple\’s iPhone 12\’s have sound issues. If you own an iPhone 12 then you are probably already aware of this. The good news is that Apple has moved on the issue fairly quickly. The company has introduced a new free-of-charge service program for impacted iPhone 12\’s. If your device …
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Have you ever wished you had a digital ID like a driver\’s license? Apple is working to make that a reality. The company is currently in talks with officials from eight different state government to fold state IDs and driver\’s licenses into Apple Wallet. The states in question are: Arizona Connecticut Georgia Iowa Kentucky …
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XLoader is a newly discovered strain of malware designed to infect systems running macOS. This new strain was built from a malware strain called FormBook which was designed to steal passwords from Windows-based machines. The new strain is currently being offered on at least one forum on the Dark Web. It is being billed as …
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Apple delayed the release of iPadOS 14.7 and iOS 14.7. Both updates are now available. Users of both are advised to update immediately as the new versions patch a variety of high severity security flaws and offer an impressive array of enhancements. According to the release notes, the update includes the following improvements: Apple\’s \”MagSafe …
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Recently, Google made a small but significant change to Chrome for iOS. If you use the browser in that environment, it now allows you to lock your incognito tabs behind a FaceID protection wall, giving you an added layer of security. This new feature makes it much more difficult for people to snoop around on …
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There\’s good news and bad news in the Apple ecosystem, specifically with regards to the company\’s M1 chip. The bad news is that researchers have discovered a security flaw in the chip\’s design that cannot be fixed without redesigning the chip itself. This flaw allows two malicious apps on a machine utilizing an M1 chip …
Craig Federighi, one of the top executives at Apple, is not happy, and recently made his displeasure known in court. In response to questions from Apple\’s lawyers, he said, \”Today, we have a level of malware on the Mac that we don\’t find acceptable.\” Federighi made the statement in defense of Apple\’s longstanding strategy to …
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Targeted advertising has become a mainstay of life on the web these days. You do a search on Amazon for say, exercise bikes, and then, just about every other website you visit will show you ads relating to your recent search. It\’s almost scary how good the ad targeting is. If you\’re not a fan, …
If you don\’t spend much time in the Apple ecosystem, you may not realize that Xcode is a completely legitimate tool used in macOS for developing a wide range of software and applications. Recently, based on research conducted by SentinelLabs, it has come to light that hackers are abusing Xcode via malware that has been …