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Apple released emergency security updates to fix two new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks targeting iPhone and Mac users, for a total of 13 exploited zero-days patched since the start of the year. Since the start of the year, Apple has patched 13 zero-day bugs exploited in attacks against devices running iOS, macOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. While Apple has yet to disclose details regarding attacks exploiting the flaws patched today, it acknowledged that CVE-2023-41064 was found and reported by Citizen Labs, whose researchers have previously shared information on other Apple zero-days exploited to deploy commercial spyware on computers and iPhones in targeted attacks.
A new malvertising campaign has been observed distributing an updated version of a macOS stealer malware called Atomic Stealer, indicating that it's being actively maintained by its author. An off-the-shelf Golang malware available for $1,000 per month, Atomic Stealer first came to light in April 2023.
Microsoft has announced it is retiring Visual Studio for Mac and that support for the latest version, 17.6, will continue for another year, until August 31, 2024. NET Core, and the support for Android and iOS app writing through Xamarin made Visual Studio for Mac a versatile choice for developers.
AdLoad, well-known malware that has been targeting systems running macOS for over half a decade, has been observed delivering a new payload that - unbeknown to the owners - enlisted their systems into a residential proxy botnet. "Alien Labs has identified over 10,000 IPs reaching out to the proxy servers each week that have the potential to be proxy exit nodes. It is unclear if all these systems have been infected or are voluntarily offering their systems as proxies, but it could be indicative of a bigger infection globally."
Apple has rolled out security updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari to address several security vulnerabilities, including one actively exploited zero-day bug in the wild. "Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1," the tech giant noted in its advisory.
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The second-ever Apple Rapid Security Response just came out. The last point above is surprisingly important, given that Apple absolutely will not allow you to uninstall full-on system updates to your iPhones or iPads, even if you find that they cause genuine trouble and you wish you hadn't applied them in the first place.
As a consequence, this is the last version of Firefox that users on those operating systems will receive. From next month, if you're stuck with computers that can only run older, unsupported versions of Windows and macOS, you'll automatically be switched over to the Firefox ESR version.
There are best practices you can follow to secure your Mac and protect yourself against hack attempts. In this article, we'll cover some of the ways to protect yourself and show you how to make your Mac as secure as possible against hackers and those who would try to collect your data.
In a previous TechRepublic article, I wrote about how you can customize and maintain Apple IDs on multiple devices; but, what about using multiple Apple IDs on the same Mac within the same user account? This comes in handy when using two Apple IDs: one for personal use and another for business purposes. There are several reasons why you might want to use two Apple IDs on the same Mac.