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The release of iOS 12 Brings Both Security Improvements and Bug Fixes

The release of iOS 12 Brings Both Security Improvements and Bug Fixes

October 4, 2018

The latest major version of Apple's flagship mobile operating has been released, along with a group of updates shared among iOS and many other products,...

Hacking Fax Machines? It Can Happen, and Mac Users Could Be

August 30, 2018

The average person, when they think about fax machines, probably puts them into the same class of technology as dial-up Internet — old, obsolete, and...

Major macOS Mail App Harbors Major Vulnerabilities

Major macOS Mail App Harbors Major Vulnerabilities

August 28, 2018

How do you manage your email? For those who receive a high volume of messages every day and depend on their email for work purposes, answering this question is...

Security Researcher Accidentally Stumbles on a Way for Malware to...

August 20, 2018

One of the simplest ways to stay safe and secure on your Mac is to pay close attention to the warnings and prompts that the system often pops up when you're in...

Apple’s July Security Updates Correct a Host of Problems

Apple’s July Security Updates Correct a Host of Problems

It's that time again: Apple has pushed out a variety of updates for practically all its products, from iTunes for Windows to multiple flavors of macOS, plus...

Researcher Discloses Potential Brute Force Attack on iPhone; Apple Says It’s Not Real

Researcher Discloses Potential Brute Force Attack on iPhone; Apple...

A strong passcode is one of the most important elements of personal security on iOS devices. While it has been some time since Apple introduced the stronger...

Apple Patches Bug in Swift Programming Language

Apple's Swift programming language is a useful tool for developers on Mac and iOS platforms due to its versatility and wide-reaching application. Occasionally,...

Checklist 95: Summer Security News

It seems like it was just yesterday that we were kicking off the new year and wondering what the months ahead would have in store for us. As we head into the...

Hackers Could Bypass macOS Signature Checks for A Decade

Hackers Could Bypass macOS Signature Checks for A Decade

Code signing is one of the most important lines of defense against malware. It allows a user to know that the software they intend to install or run came from...

Apple Patches Xcode to Correct Serious Git Security Flaw

How can programmers keep track of all the changes that get made to a piece of software during its development while keeping everyone else on the project in the...

Apple Supplements macOS Security Update to Address Wide-Reaching Flaw

Only a few weeks after the recent release of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, Apple has amended the update by publishing an additional fix under this version number....

Latest Round of Apple Security Updates Includes iOS 11.3

After more than a month since the last big "patch day" for Apple products, the Cupertino company has now released to the public a new slew of updates that...

Police Can Now Access iPhone Data Using a Secretive Piece of Hardware

Police Can Now Access iPhone Data Using a Secretive Piece of Hardware

For several years now, a fierce debate has raged over how much access law enforcement organizations (LEOs) should be able to have to the mobile devices of...

Some Apps on the Mac App Store Are Mining Cryptocurrency

The wave of cryptocurrency miners taking the place of common malware continues in 2018 unabated, and it appears every week we encounter another story about a...

Apple Patches Yet Another Phone-Crashing Text Bug

Apple Patches Yet Another Phone-Crashing Text Bug

February 26, 2018

We've recently seen a series of bugs on iOS and macOS devices that all follow a similar pattern: maliciously-formed links or simple emojis and text strings...

iPhone Source Code Leak Could Open the Floodgates for Hackers

February 20, 2018

A key piece of Apple’s iPhone source code may be out in the wild. On February 7, someone posted something called “iBoot” on GitHub. GitHub is a popular...

Apple Pushes Range of Updates for Quality of Life and Security

Apple Pushes Range of Updates for Quality of Life and Security

February 2, 2018

Alongside Apple's recent updates to macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan to address the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, the final week of January also saw...

The Checklist 74: Overall iOS Security Features

February 1, 2018

Your iPhone is secure, right? That's the general impression, anyway — and it's certainly an impression Apple has worked hard to maintain over the years. It's...

Checklist 73: Meltdown, Spectre and You!

January 25, 2018

Have you recently seen tech headlines "melting down" about a major bug in computer processors? Do all the headlines about "Spectre" make you wonder if a ghost...

Checklist 72: 2017 Security Review Part Two

January 18, 2018

Last week, we brought you Part One of our 2017 Security Year in Review. This week, we’ll wrap that up with Part Two! If you didn't get a chance to check out...

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