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Category Archives: Apple

S3 Ep87: Follina, AirTags, ID theft and the Law of Big Numbers [Podcast]

June 16 2022 By Paul Ducklin in Apple, Exploit, Microsoft, Phishing, Podcast, Security, SMS, Vulnerability

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M1 Chip Vulnerability

June 15 2022 By Bruce Schneier in Apple, cybersecurity, Malware, Security, vulnerabilities

This is a new vulnerability against Apple’s M1 chip. Researchers say that it is unpatchable.

Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, however, have created a novel...
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S3 Ep83: Cracking passwords, patching Firefox, and Apple vulns [Podcast]

May 19 2022 By Paul Ducklin in Apple, Cybercrime, Law & order, Podcast, Security, Vulnerability

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Apple patches zero-day kernel hole and much more – update now!

May 17 2022 By Paul Ducklin in 0-day, Apple, iOS, Patch, Security, Vulnerability, Zero-day

You'll find fixes for numerous kernel-level code execution holes, including an 0-day vulnerability in many (though not all) versions.

Apple Mail Now Blocks Email Trackers

May 9 2022 By Bruce Schneier in Apple, Privacy, Security

Apple Mail now blocks email trackers by default.

Most email newsletters you get include an invisible “image,” typically a single white pixel, with a unique file name. The server...
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Your Phone May Soon Replace Many of Your Passwords

May 7 2022 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Security

Apple, Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to...

Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

April 27 2022 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Apple, FBI, Google, Microsoft, Security, The Coming Storm, Twitter, Web Fraud 2.0

When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers,...

Leaked Chats Show LAPSUS$ Stole T-Mobile Source Code

April 22 2022 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Apple, Microsoft, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Security

KrebsOnSecurity recently reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the LAPSUS$ cybercrime group in the week leading up to the arrest of its most active...

AirTags Are Used for Stalking Far More than Previously Reported

April 8 2022 By Bruce Schneier in Apple, Security

Ever since Apple introduced AirTags, security people have warned that they could be used for stalking. But while there have been a bunch of anecdotal stories, this is...