Credit to Author: Alanna Titterington| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:26:53 +0000
Why you need to update your iPhone to iOS 16.3 and your Mac to macOS Ventura 13.2, and why the next, upcoming updates for Apple devices are likely to also be pretty important.
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Mac, iPad, and iPhone users can choose to automatically install system security patches as they are released with a new Apple feature called Rapid Security Response.
Rapid Security Response aims to secure Apple’s platforms with automated security updates. The idea is that if every user automatically installs such patches, the entire ecosystem becomes inherently more secure.
Announced last year at WWDC 2022, Apple began testing the feature in October. During beta testing, it shared four content-free downloads to test its distribution system, including one recent test in March. While the feature can be enabled on devices running the latest operating system, as of this month Apple had not yet begun to ship genuine security patches.
Apple-focused device management and security vendor Jamf today published its Security 360: Annual Trends report, which reveals the five security tends impacting organizations running hybrid work environments. As it is every year, the report is interesting, so I spoke to Michael Covington, vice president of portfolio strategy, for more details about what the company found this year.
First, here’s a brief rundown of some of the salient points in the report:
Categories: Awareness Categories: News Categories: Scams Tags: iPhone Tags: calendar Tags: spam Tags: iOS Tags: mobile Tags: device Tags: ad Tags: advert Tags: popup Tags: permission Tags: remove Tags: notification Tags: Apple Is your iPhone claiming that you’ve been hacked, your phone isn’t protected, or that viruses have damaged it? It could be calendar spam. |
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Credit to Author: Stan Kaminsky| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:46:46 +0000
What is Secure DNS and Private DNS, how to configure them, and what are the differences between the two?
Read moreCategories: Apple Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Tags: Apple Tags: macOS Ventura Tags: 13.2.1 Tags: iOS Tags: iPadOS Tags: 16.3.1 Tags: CVE-2023-23514 Tags: CVE-2023-23522 Tags: CVE-2023-23529 Tags: use after free Tags: type confusion Apple has released patches for macOS Ventura, iPadOs, and iOS. Among the patched vulnerabilities is a WebKit vulnerability which may have been exploited in the wild. |
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Apple recently rolled out new iCloud security features that could help protect mobile professionals when they’re on the road. The features include better iCloud data security, improved iMessage security, and more.
Here is how to use these new iCloud protections.
No one should doubt that protecting personal or enterprise data has become more important than ever. Apple introduced Lockdown Mode for iCloud in 2022, following this up with even more protections in December and, most recently, introducing free privacy and security sessions in Apple retail stores in 2023.
Apple appears to have been given yet another set of reasons to expand its legal team as the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) calls for antitrust action to force Apple and Google to make big changes to their mobile app store business models.
NTIA is the principal advisor on telecommunications and Internet policy to the Biden administration. It argues that the way things are run at present may be “harmful,” arguing that Google’s and Apple’s “gatekeeper” positions may harm consumers by raising prices and reducing innovation.