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Apple's latest update blast is out, including an extensive range of security patches for all devices that Apple offcially supports. There are fixes for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS and watchOS, along with patches for all three supported flavours of macOS, and even a special update to the firmware in Apple's super-cool external Studio Display monitor.
Apple on Monday backported fixes for an actively exploited security flaw to older iPhone and iPad models. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-23529, concerns a type confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine that could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Microsoft will soon fast-track multi-factor authentication adoption for its Microsoft 365 cloud productivity platform by adding MFA capabilities to the Outlook email client. The company says in a new Microsoft 365 roadmap entry that users will be able to complete MFA requests for Microsoft 365 apps directly in the Outlook app via a new feature dubbed Authenticator Lite.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added four security vulnerabilities exploited in attacks as zero-day to its list of bugs known to be abused in the wild.According to a November 2021 binding operational directive, all Federal Civilian Executive Branch Agencies agencies are required to secure their systems against security bugs added to CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities.
You might not think about it, but securing your iOS device can help protect your personal information if you lose your device or leave it unattended. The best way to secure your iOS device is to add a passcode.
Apple this week released bug-splatting updates to its operating systems and Safari browser, to fix a zero-day vulnerability in its WebKit browser engine that's reported to have been actively exploited. Apple's advisory says the company "Is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited." It credits an anonymous researcher for reporting the bug and its iOS advisory also acknowledges "The Citizen Lab at The University of Toronto's Munk School for their assistance."
Apple has released security updates that fix a WebKit zero-day vulnerability that "May have been actively exploited."The bug has been fixed in iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1, macOS Ventura 13.2.1, Safari 16.3.1, and possibly also in tvOS 16.3.2 and watchOS 9.3.1 - though release notes for the updates for those Internet of Things operating systems have been temporarily witheld.
Apple on Monday rolled out security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari to address a zero-day flaw that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. It's not immediately clear as to how the vulnerability is being exploited in real-world attacks, but it's the second actively abused type confusion flaw in WebKit to be patched by Apple after CVE-2022-42856 in as many months, which was closed in December 2022.
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology wants to protect all devices great and small, and is getting closer to settling on next-gen cryptographic algorithms suitable for systems at both ends of that spectrum - the very great and the very small. The lightweight cryptography algorithms for IoT need to be powerful enough to offer high security and efficient enough to do so with limited electronic resources.
Money Lover is a finance app allowing users to manage their expenses and budgets that has been downloaded five million times on the Play Store, with the app also available for iOS and Windows. Money Lover allows users to create "Shared wallets" with specific users, like family members or coworkers, to log transactions to collaborate in expense logging and monitoring.