Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:21:20 +0000
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| Beware Mac malware passing itself off as the popular power-user tool iTerm2, as well as Microsoft Remote Desktop, SecureCRT, and Navicat Premium. Categories: Malwarebytes news Tags: itermiterm2macmacOSmalware |
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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:53:00 -0700
Apple on Monday issued emergency security updates for iOS, macOS and its other operating systems to plug a hole that Canadian researchers claimed had been planted on a Saudi political activist’s device by NSO Group, an Israeli seller of spyware and surveillance software to governments and their security agencies.
Updates to patch the under-active-exploit vulnerability were released for iOS 14; macOS 11 and 10, aka Big Sur and Catalina, respectively; iPad OS 14; and watchOS 7.
According to Apple, the vulnerability can be exploited by “processing a maliciously crafted PDF,” which “may lead to arbitrary code execution.” The phrase “arbitrary code execution” is Apple’s way of saying that the bug was of the most serious nature; Apple does not rank threat level of vulnerabilities, unlike operating system rivals such as Microsoft and Google.
Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:35:42 +0000
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| Apple has called time on dodgy Symantec certificates, causing software like Citrix’s ReceiverHelper to be identified as malware. Categories: Malwarebytes news Tags: certificate authoritycertificatescitrixcode signingmacmacOSReceiverHelpersymantecXProtect |
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 08:23:00 -0700
Supply chains are vulnerable to cyberattack and for the good of your business, it’s time to move to secure them as best you can, according to Apple and the White House.
That’s one item of news to emerge following a high-level cybersecurity meeting between US President Joseph Biden and big tech firms, including Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and others. Most of the companies who attended the meeting have since announced plans to beef-up security resilience and awareness, with a focus on training and security awareness.
Credit to Author: tstudent| Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:46:20 +0000
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| A deep dive into macOS 11’s internals reveals some security surprises that deserve to be more widely known. |
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:57:00 -0700
Reports of a massive 100 million account data leak at T-Mobile should encourage any Apple user to double-check password and account security. Here’s how to do that using Keychain.
Apple’s built-in password manager is called iCloud Keychain. It securely stores your saved account information such as account names and passwords across all your signed-in devices. It will automatically enter this information for you when you access an app or service.
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:49:00 -0700
From the NSO Group’s ghastly iPhone hack to Apple’s recently revealed system to scan user devices, it’s time to put an end to the endless mission creep from tech convenience to surveillance.
Take Apple, for example. The brouhaha surrounding its decision to invent a technology to scan user images for CSAM material has apparently “surprised” the company.
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2021 09:36:00 -0700
Apple has tried to deflect criticism of its controversial CSAM protection system, but in doing so has illustrated just what’s at stake.
Apple last week announced it would introduce a collection of child protection measures inside iOS 15, iPad OS 15 and macOS Monterey when the operating systems ship this fall.