Security News

Apple Rushes to Patch 3 New Zero-Day Flaws: iOS, macOS, Safari, and More Vulnerable
2023-09-22 02:11

Apple has released yet another round of security patches to address three actively exploited zero-day flaws impacting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari, taking the total tally of zero-day...

Mobile Verification Toolkit: Forensic analysis of Android and iOS devices to identify compromise
2023-09-14 03:30

Mobile Verification Toolkit is a collection of utilities to simplify and automate the process of gathering forensic traces helpful to identify a potential compromise of Android and iOS devices. MVT supports using public indicators of compromise to scan mobile devices for potential traces of targeting or infection by known spyware campaigns.

iOS 17 Cheat Sheet: Release Date, Supported Devices and More
2023-09-13 16:00

Let's explore everything you need to know about iOS 17 including features, release date and how to get the beta release. SEE: Previous iterations of iOS in these TechRepublic cheat sheets: iOS 16, iOS 15, iOS 14, iOS 13.

Flipper Zero can be used to launch iOS Bluetooth spam attacks
2023-09-06 20:12

The Flipper Zero portable wireless pen-testing and hacking tool can be used to aggressively spam Bluetooth connection messages at Apple iOS devices, such as iPhones and iPads. Apple devices supporting Bluetooth Low Energy technology utilize advertising packets to announce their presence to other devices.

iOS 16 Cheat Sheet: Complete Guide for 2023
2023-08-30 14:00

iOS 16 is Apple's latest version of the iOS mobile operating system that powers iPhone devices. Most hardware that supported iOS 15 will also support iOS 16.

New Apple iOS 16 Exploit Enables Stealthy Cellular Access Under Fake Airplane Mode
2023-08-17 14:26

Cybersecurity researchers have documented a novel post-exploit persistence technique on iOS 16 that could be abused to fly under the radar and main access to an Apple device even when the victim believes it is offline. The method "Tricks the victim into thinking their device's Airplane Mode works when in reality the attacker has planted an artificial Airplane Mode which edits the UI to display Airplane Mode icon and cuts internet connection to all apps except the attacker application," Jamf Threat Labs researchers Hu Ke and Nir Avraham said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

Apple rejects new name 'X' for Twitter iOS app because... rules
2023-07-29 10:33

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.

Flipper Zero now has its own app store for iOS, Android users
2023-07-24 17:22

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 Issues Urgent Patch for Zero-Day Flaw Targeting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari
2023-07-11 04:08

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.

How to bypass CAPTCHAs online with Safari on iOS 16
2023-06-22 19:00

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.