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iPhone WiFi bug morphs into zero-click hacking, but there’s a fix

Security researchers investigating a bug that crashed the Wifi service on iPhones found that it could be exploited for remote code execution without user interaction. […]

19 Jun

iPhone bug breaks WiFi when you join hotspot with unusual name

A new iPhone bug has come to light that breaks your iPhone’s wireless functionality by merely connecting to a certain WiFi hotspot.. Once triggered, the bug would render your iPhone unable to establish a WiFi connection, even if it is rebooted or the WiFi hotspot is renamed. […]

24 May

Apple fixes three zero-days, one abused by XCSSET macOS malware

Apple has released security updates to patch three macOS and tvOS zero-day vulnerabilities attackers exploited in the wild, with the former being abused by the XCSSET malware to bypass macOS privacy protections. […]

15 May

Apple rejected over 215,000 apps in 2020 for privacy violations

Apple says that more than 215,000 iOS apps were blocked by its App Store’s App Review team for privacy violations in 2020, while another 150,00 were rejected because they were spamming or misleading iOS users. […]

03 May

Apple fixes 2 iOS zero-day vulnerabilities actively used in attacks

Today, Apple has released security updates that fix two actively exploited iOS zero-day vulnerabilities in the Webkit engine used by hackers to attack iPhones, iPads, iPods, macOS, and Apple Watch devices. […]

26 Apr

Apple fixes macOS zero-day bug exploited by Shlayer malware

Apple has fixed a zero-day vulnerability in macOS exploited in the wild by Shlayer malware to bypass Apple’s File Quarantine, Gatekeeper, and Notarization security checks and download second-stage malicious payloads. […]

11 Apr

Mozilla flooded with requests after Apple privacy changes hit Facebook

Mozilla volunteers have recently been flooded with requests by online merchants and marketers for their domains to be added to what’s called a Public Suffix List (PSL) due to recent privacy changes brought forth by Apple’s iOS 14.5. […]

26 Mar

Apple fixes iOS zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild

Apple has released security updates today to address an iOS zero-day bug actively exploited in the wild and affecting iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple Watch devices. […]

10 Feb

Apple fixes SUDO root privilege escalation flaw in macOS

Apple has fixed a sudo vulnerability in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave, allowing any local user to gain root-level privileges. […]

03 Feb

Latest macOS Big Sur also has SUDO root privilege escalation flaw

Recently discovered Linux SUDO privilege escalation vulnerability, CVE-2021-3156 (aka Baron Samedit) also impacts the latest Apple macOS Big Sur with no patch available yet. […]

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