Security News

Lawmakers Concerned About Apple's Handling of FaceTime Spying Bug
2019-02-07 06:57

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives want to know more about how Apple has handled the recently disclosed bug that made it easy to spy on FaceTime users. read more

At least Sony offered a t-shirt, says macOS flaw finder: Bug bounties now for Macs if you want this 0-day, Apple
2019-02-07 01:41

Cupertino's tight-wads called out by fella who found password, private key leak Vid The bloke who found a password-spaffing bug in macOS says he won't divulge details on the flaw to Apple until...

MacOS Zero-Day Exposes Apple Keychain Passwords
2019-02-06 22:14

A researcher who discovered a flaw letting him steal passwords in MacOS is not sharing his findings with Apple without a macOS bug bounty program.

Apple Vows to Improve Bug Reporting After FaceTime Flaw
2019-02-04 14:33

Client-Side Patches Due This Week to Fix 'FacePalm' Snooping BugApple says it has engineered a server-side fix for a flaw in its FaceTime messaging app and plans to issue a patch for clients this...

Week in review: FaceTime bug, Apple developer certs abused, new privacy attack against 5G
2019-02-03 19:30

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: New Mac malware steals cookies, cryptocurrency and computing power A new piece of Mac malware is looking to steal both...

Apple Partially Fixes FaceTime Spying Bug
2019-02-01 18:50

Apple reported on Friday that the FaceTime spying bug that has been making headlines in the past days has been partially fixed, but users will have to wait until next week for a software update. read more

Facebook Gets Its First Real Privacy Penalty - From Apple
2019-02-01 14:48

Apple's Privacy Warning to Facebook: We Can Break YouApple's conflict with Facebook this week resulted in the most effective and quickest punishment the social network has ever received over a...

New York Investigating Apple's Response to FaceTime Spying Bug
2019-02-01 07:10

New York authorities have announced the launch of an investigation into the recently disclosed FaceTime vulnerability that can be exploited to spy on users. The probe focuses on Apple’s failure to...

Apple yoinks enterprise certs from Facebook, Google, killing internal apps, to show its power
2019-02-01 01:56

You have been warned, says Cupertino: Tech giants abuse dev program, iPhone maker eventually undoes ban After briefly punishing Facebook and Google for violating the rules of its enterprise...

Texas lawyer suing Apple over FaceTime bug claims it was used to snoop on a meeting
2019-01-31 14:37

Complainant seeks damages for 'lost ability to earn a living' A Texas lawyer is suing Apple over its FaceTime eavesdropping bug, claiming it allowed someone to overhear a meeting with a client.…