Security News

Week in review: iOS phishing, and three reasons to secure your data now
2017-10-16 01:50

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Inventive cyber gang steals millions from East European banks Trustwave researchers have uncovered a series of...

Impersonating iOS Password Prompts
2017-10-12 11:43

This is an interesting security vulnerability: because it is so easy to impersonate iOS password prompts, a malicious app can steal your password just by asking. Why does this work? iOS asks the...

iOS Password Prompts are Ripe for Abuse
2017-10-11 17:24

Apple’s password prompts for iOS devices are an easy target for phishing attacks to steal iTunes passwords and IDs.

Apple’s intermittent password prompts prime iOS users for phishing
2017-10-11 17:22

By asking iOS users to enter their AppleID password intermittently and with no regard of environment, Apple has laid the groundwork for phishers to go after the sought-after login credentials....

Top blacklisted Android and iOS apps by enterprises
2017-10-04 16:30

Enterprises blacklist apps for a range of security concerns, including specific malicious or data leakage behaviors, security policy compliance and concerns about shadow data storage. Appthority...

Enterprises Blacklist iOS Apps Due to Data Leakage: Report
2017-10-03 18:23

A report published on Tuesday by mobile security firm Appthority reveals which Android and iOS applications are most frequently blacklisted by enterprises. read more

Critical IOS Flaws Expose Cisco Devices to Remote Attacks
2017-09-28 08:37

Cisco has released updates for its IOS software to address more than a dozen critical and high severity vulnerabilities that expose the company’s switches and routers to remote attacks. read more

Google Discloses Critical Wi-Fi Flaws Affecting iOS, Android
2017-09-26 15:17

Google Project Zero has disclosed the details of two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting the Broadcom Wi-Fi chips found in many Android and iOS devices. read more

Apple releases iOS 11
2017-09-20 12:30

Starting yesterday, iPhone and iPad customers around the world can update their devices to iOS 11. While the list of new features and improvements is huge, here are some that Help Net Security...

iOS 11 Patches 8 Security Vulnerabilities
2017-09-20 10:30

Apple this week announced the availability of 8 security patches for its iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation users, released as part of the iOS 11 platform...