iOS

Cloud Security, Mobile Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Thousands of customer-facing Android and iOS mobile apps — including banking apps — have been found to contain hardcoded Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials that would allow cyberattackers to steal sensitive information from corporate clouds. Symantec researchers uncovered 1,859 business apps that use hardcoded AWS credentials, specifically access tokens. Of these, three-quarters (77%) contain valid…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Security Week

Some mobile applications use built-in browsers to allow users to quickly access third-party websites. Other apps include a browser to load their own resources, which may be needed to perform various activities. However, these internal browsers could also pose security and privacy risks. Researcher Felix Krause published a blog post earlier this month claiming that…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Security Week

The iOS 15.2.1 patch, available for all supported iPhones and iPads, is described simply as a “resource exhaustion issue” that causes the device to hang when processing maliciously crafted HomeKit accessory names. The sudden appearance of the patch comes almost two weeks after researcher Trevor Spiniolas publicly documented the HomeKit bug and warned that it…

Application Security

Issued by: Security Week

The new iOS 14.4.2 was released on Friday with yet another band-aid for Apple’s flagship iOS platform and the company said it was “aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.” As is customary, the company did not provide any additional details on the in-the-wild attacks. A brief advisory describes…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Apple has release a new batch of security updates and has fixed three iOS zero-days that “may have been actively exploited” by attackers. The three zero-days Two of the zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-1870 and CVE-2021-1871) are logic issues affecting the WebKit browser engine, which may allow a remote attacker to achieve code execution on devices running…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

macOS Big Sur 11.0 was officially launched on November 12 and on the same day Apple released its first update, version 11.0.1. The company has advised customers to update to this version — macOS Big Sur 11.0 comes preinstalled on certain Mac models — but there have been reports that the Big Sur update is…