Security News

Two-thirds of iOS apps don’t use App Transport Security
2019-06-07 12:53

Most iOS apps don’t take advantage of App Transport Security​ (ATS), a networking security feature offered by Apple that ensures encrypted connections between apps and the servers they communicate...

iOS Shortcut for Recording the Police
2019-06-07 11:24

"Hey Siri; I'm getting pulled over" can be a shortcut: Once the shortcut is installed and configured, you just have to say, for example, "Hey Siri, I'm getting pulled over." Then the program...

Many iOS Developers Don’t Use Encryption: Report
2019-06-06 15:42

Many developers who are creating applications for Apple's iOS do not use encryption in their software, a report from security startup Wandera shows. read more

Why open sourcerors might want to ditch Android for iOS
2019-06-05 22:46

Apple has long been the proprietary bad guy, but Google’s privacy-sucking ways in Android should give open source freedom fighters reason to consider switching.

iOS developers still failing to build end-to-end encryption into apps
2019-06-05 13:57

Despite a mandate from Apple, 68% of developers disable ATS globally on their apps, according to a Wandera report.

Batterygate news: Apple to warn users if iOS updates throttle iPhones
2019-05-24 10:37

Competition regulators investigated Apple due to concerns that people were needlessly repairing or replacing slow phones.

iPhone gyroscopes, of all things, can uniquely ID handsets on anything earlier than iOS 12.2
2019-05-21 11:25

Cheapskate fandroids get a pass on this one, though Your iPhone can be uniquely fingerprinted by apps and websites in a way that you can never clear. Not by deleting cookies, not by clearing your...

Twitter bug leaks to iOS users’ location data to partner
2019-05-15 10:47

Now fixed, the bug affected some users with multiple accounts running on an iOS device.

Update iOS and Mojave now! Apple patches are out
2019-05-15 10:40

Apple has released its May 2019 security updates, taking iOS to version 12.3 and macOS Mojave to version 10.14.5.

Apple Patches Intel Side-Channel Bugs; Updates iOS, macOS and More
2019-05-14 20:31

A massive update addresses the breadth of the computing giant's product portfolio.