Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 10:53:25 +0000
We take a look at what appears to be a phish, but ends up directing you to endless random websites instead.
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 09:41:00 -0700
Apple CEO Tim Cook this week warned that regulators are on the edge of making poor decisions that will impact our future during a passionate speech in defense of personal privacy and his company’s business models at the Global Privacy Summit in Washington DC.
The thrust of Cook’s argument is that privacy and security are essential building blocks of trust for a technologically advanced society. But that huge potential is being constrained by surveillance and insecurity.
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:24:59 +0000
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Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 09:14:00 -0700
In the mobile world pitting Apple’s iOS devices against Google’s Android devices, Apple has historically had one distinct advantage: patches and updates.
Given the fragmented nature of Android (hundreds of handset manufacturers versus just one for iOS), it is simply far easier for Apple to quickly and efficiently push out updates in a way that allows a large percentage of users get updates quickly. That has been true regardless of whether its new functionality or a critical security patch.
So what’s the problem? Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, has quietly said that Apple has dramatically slowed down auto updates — by as much as a month.
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:08:24 +0000
The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:43:44 +0000
Apple released security updates for macOS Monterey 12.3.1, iOS 15.4.1, iPadOS 15.4.1, tvOS 15.4.1, and watchOS 8.5.1 patching 2 vulnerabilities that may have been exploited in the wild.
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:38:39 +0000
More Apple zero-days – mobile devices, laptops and desktops affected. Update now!
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:54:45 +0000
On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes.
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:04:00 -0700
Each time we experience an Apple iCloud, Spotify, Slack, Verizon, Google, Peloton, or any other form of server-based outage, we’re reminded that everyone should have multiple layers of backup to maintain data and work to ensure key services still work when servers go down.
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:32:02 +0000
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