Security News

US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor
2025-02-13 16:58

Senator, Congressman tell DNI to threaten infosec agreements if Blighty won't back down US lawmakers want newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to back up her tough talk...

Apple Patches Actively Exploited iOS Zero-Day CVE-2025-24200 in Emergency Update
2025-02-11 11:16

Apple on Monday released out-of-band security updates to address a security flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-24200, the...

Apple fixes zero-day flaw exploited in “extremely sophisticated” attack (CVE-2025-24200)
2025-02-11 10:40

Users of iPhones and iPads that run iOS/iPadOS 18 and iPadOS 17 are urged to implement the latest updates to plug a security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-24200) exploited in the wild in...

How to detect and disable Apple AirTags that might be tracking you
2025-02-11 04:30

Apple’s AirTags are a convenient way to track personal items like keys and bags, but they also raise concerns about unwanted tracking and stalking. To help users stay safe, Apple has implemented...

Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings
2025-02-11 01:58

Cupertino mostly uses bland language when talking security, so this sounds nasty Apple has warned that some iPhones and iPads may have been targeted by an “extremely sophisticated attack” and has...

Apple fixes zero-day exploited in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks
2025-02-10 19:08

Apple has released emergency security updates to patch a zero-day vulnerability that the company says was exploited in targeted and "extremely sophisticated" attacks. [...]

UK is Ordering Apple to Break its Own Encryption
2025-02-08 15:56

The Washington Post is reporting that the UK government has served Apple with a “technical capability notice” as defined by the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, requiring them to break the Advanced...

UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order
2025-02-07 17:03

Blighty’s latest stab at encryption? A secret order to pry open iCloud, sources claim The UK's Home Office refuses to either confirm or deny reports that it recently ordered Apple to create a...

Apple missed screenshot-snooping malware in code that made it into the App Store, Kaspersky claims
2025-02-07 03:03

OCR plugin great for extracting crypto-wallet secrets from galleries Kaspersky eggheads say they’ve spotted the first app containing hidden optical character recognition spyware in Apple’s App...

Crypto-stealing apps found in Apple App Store for the first time
2025-02-04 20:16

A new campaign dubbed 'SparkCat' has been uncovered, targeting the cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases of Android and iOS users using optical character recognition (OCR) stealers. [...]