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Turns out, Apple's App Store can't accept the new name for Twitter's iOS app because of minimum character requirements. This week, both Google Play and Apple's App Store pushed updated versions of the Twitter app respectively for Android and iOS users.
The Flipper Zero team has launched its very own 'Flipper Apps' mobile app store, allowing mobile users to install 3rd-party apps and extend the functionality of the popular wireless pen-testing tool. With the launch of the Flipper Apps app store, the Flipper Zero community will be able to comfortably install apps specifically created for and confirmed to work on the device.
Apple has released Rapid Security Response updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari web browser to address a zero-day flaw that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. The WebKit bug, cataloged as CVE-2023-37450, could allow threat actors to achieve arbitrary code execution when processing specially crafted web content.
Tired of those annoying CAPTCHA images that leave you feeling like you're solving a puzzle just to log in online? Learn how to use Apple's "CAPTCHA killer" feature called Automatic Verification in iOS 16. CAPTCHAs can be quite annoying when you just want to try to create a new account or log in to a website.
Apple on Wednesday released a slew of updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari browser to address a set of flaws it said were actively exploited in the wild. The iPhone maker said it's aware that the two issues "May have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7," crediting Kaspersky researchers Georgy Kucherin, Leonid Bezvershenko, and Boris Larin for reporting them.
More details have emerged about the spyware implant that's delivered to iOS devices as part of a campaign called Operation Triangulation. The Russian cybersecurity company has codenamed the backdoor TriangleDB. "The implant is deployed after the attackers obtain root privileges on the target iOS device by exploiting a kernel vulnerability," Kaspersky researchers said in a new report published today.
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says some iPhones on its network were hacked using an iOS vulnerability that installed malware via iMessage zero-click exploits. Kaspersky says the campaign started in 2019 and reports the attacks are still ongoing.
A previously unknown advanced persistent threat is targeting iOS devices as part of a sophisticated and long-running mobile campaign dubbed Operation Triangulation that began in 2019. "The targets are infected using zero-click exploits via the iMessage platform, and the malware runs with root privileges, gaining complete control over the device and user data," Kaspersky said.
The Google Smart Lock application for iOS can use your iPhone as a security key to lock down your Google Account to provide extra security above and beyond two-factor authentication.In this tutorial, I'll show you how to set up this Smart Lock app and use it to lock down your Google Account's 2FA support.
Microsoft is rolling out Phone Link for iOS to all Windows 11 and iPhone users, with the rollout expected to complete by mid-May. The Phone Link app is designed to enable users to connect from their PC to Android and iOS devices via a Wi-Fi connection. "Today, we are excited to announce that Microsoft Phone Link for iOS on Windows 11 is beginning to rollout to our global audience in 39 languages across 85 markets," said Ali Akgun, Corporate Vice President of Software Engineering for Microsoft Devices.