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iPhone apps abuse iOS push notifications to collect user data

Numerous iOS apps are using background processes triggered by push notifications to collect user data about devices, potentially allowing the creation of fingerprinting profiles used for tracking. […]

22 Jan

Cracked macOS apps drain wallets using scripts fetched from DNS records

Hackers are using a stealthy method to deliver to macOS users information-stealing malware through DNS records that hide malicious scripts. […]

22 Jan

Apple fixes first zero-day bug exploited in attacks this year

Apple released security updates to address this year’s first zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks that could impact iPhones, Macs, and Apple TVs. […]

17 Jan

iShutdown scripts can help detect iOS spyware on your iPhone

Security researchers found that infections with high-profile spyware Pegasus, Reign, and Predator could be discovered on compromised Apple mobile devices by checking Shutdown.log, a system log file that stores reboot events. […]

11 Dec

Apple emergency updates fix recent zero-days on older iPhones

Apple has issued emergency security updates to backport patches for two actively exploited zero-day flaws to older iPhones and some Apple Watch and Apple TV models. […]

06 Dec

US senator: Govts spy on Apple, Google users via mobile notifications

A U.S. senator revealed today that government agencies worldwide demand mobile push notification records from Apple and Google users to spy on their customers. […]

03 Dec

New proxy malware targets Mac users through pirated software

Cybercriminals are targeting Mac users with a new proxy trojan malware bundled with popular, copyrighted macOS software being offered on warez sites. […]

30 Nov

Apple fixes two new iOS zero-days in emergency updates

Apple released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks and impacting iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices, reaching 20 zero-days patched since the start of the year. […]

04 Nov

Apple ‘Find My’ network can be abused to steal keylogged passwords

Apple’s “Find My” location network can be abused by malicious actors to stealthily transmit sensitive information captured by keyloggers installed in keyboards. […]

26 Oct

New iLeakage attack steals emails, passwords from Apple Safari

Academic researchers created a new speculative side-channel attack they named iLeakage that works on all recent Apple devices and can extract sensitive information from the Safari web browser. […]

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