Security News

Apple drops urgent patch against obtuse TriangleDB iPhone malware
2023-10-26 21:15

Apple pushed several security fixes on Wednesday, including one for all iPhone and iPads used before September last year that has already been exploited by cyber snoops. This is the second patch that Apple has issued to fix the vulnerability.

Side channel attacks take bite out of Apple silicon with iLeakage exploit
2023-10-26 17:45

The attack can be launched against Macs, iPhones, and iPads running Apple's A-series or M-series chips. For macOS, the attack only works on Safari, but for iOS and iPadOS, there's a much larger attack surface.

iLeakage: New Safari Exploit Impacts Apple iPhones and Macs with A and M-Series CPUs
2023-10-26 16:49

A group of academics has devised a novel side-channel attack dubbed iLeakage that exploits a weakness in the A- and M-series CPUs running on Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices, enabling the...

New iLeakage attack steals emails, passwords from Apple Safari
2023-10-26 11:26

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. [...]

How to Remove an Apple ID from an iPhone
2023-10-23 16:19

Learn how to remove an Apple ID from your iPhone easily with this step-by-step guide. There are many reasons you might wish to remove an Apple ID from an iPhone without performing a full factory reset.

Apple’s Face ID: Cheat Sheet (free PDF)
2023-10-22 16:00

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Apple’s Face ID: An Insider’s Guide (Free PDF)
2023-10-22 16:00

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Apple fixes iOS Kernel zero-day vulnerability on older iPhones
2023-10-12 16:40

Apple has published security updates for older iPhones and iPads to backport patches released one week ago, addressing two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks. The first zero-day is a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by a weakness in the XNU kernel that can let local attackers elevate privileges on vulnerable iPhones and iPads.

Another security update, Apple? You're really keeping up with your tech rivals
2023-10-05 18:16

Apple has demonstrated that it can more than hold its own among the tech giants, at least in terms of finding itself on the wrong end of zero-day vulnerabilities. iOS and iPadOS have again come under attack, and Apple has rushed out a fix to ward off miscreants.

Apple patches another iOS zero-day under attack (CVE-2023-42824)
2023-10-05 10:46

Apple has released a security update for iOS and iPadOS to fix another zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild. "Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.6," the company stated.