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Apple devices are vulnerable to a "Text bomb" attack where simply looking at messages or posts containing characters in the Sindhi language can crash devices. The problem occurs in a number of different scenarios, including if the character string shows up in a text message - in fact, just looking at a message notification containing a message preview will crash the system.
It started a couple days ago when a number of researchers and I'm probably gonna mispronounce the name of the security firm, ZecOps or something along those lines -I can never pronounce these names - But anyways, they found two zero days, or what they claimed are two zero days that are very, very troubling when described. Tom: Yeah, well, you know, Apple has gotten some support from the research community.
Apple has confirmed that its Mail application for iOS is affected by some vulnerabilities, but the tech giant has downplayed their impact and disputed claims that the flaws have been exploited in attacks. Cybersecurity automation company ZecOps reported on Wednesday that it had identified a couple of critical zero-day vulnerabilities in the Mail app for iOS. The flaws, which the company says have existed since the release of iOS 6 in 2012, can be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application by sending a specially crafted email to the targeted user.
Apple has pushed back against claims that two zero-day bugs in its iPhone iOS have been exploited for years, saying it's found no evidence to support such activity. Apple officials made the statement in response to a widely disseminated report published Wednesday by ZecOps, which claimed that two Apple iOS zero-day security vulnerabilities affecting its Mail app on iPhones and iPads already had been exploited in the wild since 2018 by an "Advanced threat operator."
Apple has reportedly patched a pair of critical vulnerabilities in iOS that are being exploited by what appears to be government-backed hackers to spy on high-value targets. Most importantly, the researchers said, in iOS 13, the attack can be performed when Mail automatically downloads messages in the background, meaning no user interaction is needed: the data is fetched, parsed, and the bugs exploited immediately.
Researchers are reporting two Apple iOS zero-day security vulnerabilities affecting its Mail app on iPhones and iPads. Impacted are iOS 6 and iOS 13.4.1.
Apple's free Business Manager service provides a simple, web-based portal for IT administrators to deploy all these disparate devices from one place. Jamf Pro delivers unified endpoint management for Apple devices and includes features such as Smart Groups that intelligently manage environments.
Tech giants Apple and Google have joined forces to develop an interoperable contact-tracing tool that will help individuals determine if they have come in contact with someone infected with COVID-19. Zero Use of Location Data Unlike existing apps developed by different countries that use real-time location tracking to enforce quarantine rules, the proposed system doesn't involve tracking user locations or other identifying data.
Contact tracing has been an often-used method of trying to curb the spread of an infectious disease by finding the people who have contracted it. As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, Apple and Google have come up with a plan to more easily implement contact tracing by building the necessary technology into their respective operating systems.
In 1965, Gordon Moore published a short informal paper, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. Based on not much more but these few data points and his knowledge of silicon chip development - he was head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductors, the company that was to seed Silicon Valley - he said that for the next decade, component counts by area could double every year.