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WhatsApp, Threads, more banished from Apple App Store in China
2024-04-19 14:30

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Fraudsters abused Apple Stores' third-party pickup policy to phish for profits
2024-04-18 16:00

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Apple Alerts iPhone Users in 92 Countries to Mercenary Spyware Attacks
2024-04-12 16:54

Apple sent a threat notification to iPhone users in 92 countries on April 10 informing them that their device was "Being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack." The alert, sent at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time, told recipients that the attackers were attempting to "Remotely compromise" their phone and that they were likely being targeted specifically "Because of who you are or what you do." Apple's notification did not identify the alleged attackers, nor did it specify the locations of its recipients. iPhone users who have received the mercenary spyware attack alert should enlist expert cybersecurity help, Apple stated on its dedicated support page.

Apple stops warning of 'state-sponsored' attacks, now alerts about 'mercenary spyware'
2024-04-12 04:46

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Apple: Mercenary spyware attacks target iPhone users in 92 countries
2024-04-11 14:16

Apple has been notifying iPhone users in 92 countries about a "Mercenary spyware attack" attempting to remotely compromise their device. "Apple detected that you are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your Apple ID -xxx-," reads the notification.

Apple Updates Spyware Alert System to Warn Victims of Mercenary Attacks
2024-04-11 06:44

Apple on Wednesday revised its documentation pertaining to its mercenary spyware threat notification system to mention that it alerts users when they may have been individually targeted by such...

Academics probe Apple's privacy settings and get lost and confused
2024-04-05 05:34

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Apple's GoFetch silicon security fail was down to an obsession with speed
2024-04-02 07:30

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Hardware Vulnerability in Apple’s M-Series Chips
2024-03-28 11:05

The threat resides in the chips' data memory-dependent prefetcher, a hardware optimization that predicts the memory addresses of data that running code is likely to access in the near future. The breakthrough of the new research is that it exposes a previously overlooked behavior of DMPs in Apple silicon: Sometimes they confuse memory content, such as key material, with the pointer value that is used to load other data.

Apple fans deluged with phony password reset requests
2024-03-27 22:06

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