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Acronis teams with Jamf to secure the Apple-centric enterprise

July 26, 2021 admin 0 Comments apple, MacOS, Mobile Device Management, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:16:00 -0700

As the Mac security journey becomes ever more challenging, there’s fresh activity in the Mac security and enterprise infrastructure space: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud now integrates with leading enterprise management platform Jamf.

Acronis and Jamf: Better together

That’s a significant step forward in terms of better native Mac support from Acronis, which has been working to widen its support for Apple’s platform since at least 2014 when it introduced Mac support for Acronis Access. It’s also a significant indicator that despite the existence of a few hold-outs, most enterprises now recognize that the future of work is remote.

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About the Pegasus spyware, Apple's telling the full truth

July 26, 2021 admin 0 Comments apple, iOS, Security

Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 03:48:00 -0700

When it comes to security and privacy issues, Apple generally does a far better job than its rivals — though admittedly for selfish marketing reasons. When comparing Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, it’s hard to not see that at least Apple makes a good-faith attempt at being security- and privacy-oriented, compared to Google, which would prefer selling ads and anything else it can think of.

Still, Apple has been known to twist and shift the truth, omitting germane background info and context when it’s convenient. Remember antenna-gate? The battery-gate brouhaha?

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ComputerWorld Independent

Scary ‘malware-as-a-service’ Mac attack discovered

July 22, 2021 admin apple, MacOS, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 06:16:00 -0700

Another day, and it’s time for another Apple security scare: malware that can harvest keystrokes and log-ins and is available on the Darknet for only $49.

Malware-as-a-service for Mac attacks

Check Point Software’s research team claims to have identified the hack, which it is calling XLoader. Enterprise security specialists managing Macs and Apple devices (of which there are many) need to be aware of the new attack, as we’re told it can:

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ComputerWorld Independent

iPhone spyware: It's a dirty job, but NSO's gonna do it

July 19, 2021 admin apple, iOS, Mobile, Security, small and medium business

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 08:59:00 -0700

Amnesty International has revealed that NSO Group, an Israeli ‘surveillance as a service’ company, has created and sold a nasty iMessage attack that can be used to spy on journalists, activists, and political representatives using their iPhones.

A zero-click hack attack

What makes this latest attack particularly dangerous is its exploitation of zero-click vulnerabilities, meaning targets don’t even need to read or open the iMessage carrying the hack. Amnesty says all iPhones and iOS updates are vulnerable to the exploit, which gives attackers “complete access to the device’s messages, emails, media, microphone, camera, calls and contacts.”

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MalwareBytes Security

Microsoft exec reveals “routine” secrecy orders from government investigators

July 1, 2021 admin apple, cloud, Department of Justice, Facebook, google, Government, microsoft, nondisclosure order, president donald trump, Search Warrant, secrecy orders, sneak-and-peak warrant, subpoena, Twitter, warrant

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2021 18:27:45 +0000

Microsoft exec Tom Burt revealed Wednesday that Federal law enforcement agencies send “routine” secret orders for customer information.

Categories: Government

Tags: Apple cloud Department of Justice facebook Google microsoft nondisclosure order President Donald Trump search warrant secrecy orders sneak-and-peak warrant subpoena twitter warrant

ComputerWorld Independent

Apple: Sideloading apps will undermine iOS security

June 23, 2021 admin apple, iOS, Mobile, Security, small and medium business, software development

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:09:00 -0700

Following CEO Tim Cook’s statements on security at a recent conference, Apple has come out fighting to protect the security of its App Store distribution model, publishing a white paper that argues enforced side-loading of apps would make the platform — and its users — far less secure.

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Patch now! Apple fixes in-the-wild iPhone vulnerabilities

June 15, 2021 admin apple, cve-2021-30761, cve-2021-30762, Exploits and vulnerabilities, Mac, Webkit

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:35:37 +0000

Apple has patched two vulnerabilities in the WebKit browser rendering engine that are being used in the wild against older devices.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Mac

Tags: Apple cve-2021-30761 cve-2021-30762 webkit

ComputerWorld Independent

Securing the Apple mobile enterprise takes context

June 11, 2021 admin apple, enterprise mobile management, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:44:00 -0700

Apple’s prescence has expanded from being the brand behind a few Macs in the creative department; it is now a key mobile and productivity provider across every top enterprise. But even Apple’s platforms face security challenges as people work remotely. I caught up with Truce Software CEO Joe Boyle to discuss Apple in the workplace and his company’s approach to managing the mobile enterprise.

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