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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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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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,
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About eighteen months ago, a number of big mobile carriers got together to create the \”Cross-Carrier Messaging Initiative.\” Their goal was to roll out a Rich Communication Services (RCS) platform designed to allow for text messaging across a variety of platforms, creating a seamless user experience. It\’s something that sounds simple enough, and it\’s a
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The ongoing pandemic has impacted daily life in the United States in a number of ways, some predictable and others surprising. On the predictable side, when tens of thousands of employees were asked to work from home, broadband internet connectivity saw a huge surge in use and nearly 80 percent of broadband users upgraded their
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Most apps these days make use of cloud storage in order to minimize their footprint on your device. That\’s good in theory, but based on new research from Zimperium, a disappointing percentage of app developers don\’t do nearly enough to secure the data they\’re housing for you. In fact, the recent study indicated that fully
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Recently, two different security researchers (Clement Lecigne of Google\’s Threat Analysis Group, and Alison Huffman from Microsoft\’s Browser Vulnerability Research Group) discovered a pair of serious security vulnerability impacting Apple devices. The bugs, tracked as CVE-2021-1844 and CVE-2021-21166 respectively, are browser-based memory issues that could have allowed remote code execution if the victim navigated or
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Do you have a favorite app you use for chatting or for keeping in touch with family and friends? Most people have a go-to app that serves as their first choice, and many have a small constellation of apps they use, having 1-2 for family and another app or two for business contacts. Unfortunately, given
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