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Apple zero-day spyware patches extended to cover older Macs, iPhones and iPads

Issued by: Naked Security

Last week, we warned about the appearance of two critical zero-day bugs that were patched in the very latest versions of macOS (version 13, also known as Ventura), iOS (version 16), and iPadOS (version 16). Zero-days, as the name suggests, are security vulnerabilities that were found by attackers, and put to real-life use for cybercriminal…

Software Security

Apple Announces Delay of Child Protection Measures

Issued by: Security Week

The Silicon Valley giant had last month said iPhones and iPads would soon start detecting images containing child sexual abuse and reporting them as they are uploaded to its online storage in the United States. However, digital rights organizations quickly noted the tweaks to Apple’s operating systems create a potential “backdoor” into gadgets that could…

Application Security

Facebook Pulls Security App From Apple Store Over Privacy

Issued by: Security Week

The twin developments come as Facebook is under intense scrutiny over privacy following the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year. Allegations that the political consultancy used personal information harvested from 87 million Facebook accounts have dented Facebook’s reputation. Since the scandal broke, Facebook has investigated thousands of apps and suspended more than 400 of them…

Mobile Security

iPhones, iPads Can Be Hacked via ‘Trustjacking’ Attack

Issued by: Security Week

A feature that allows users to wirelessly sync their iPhones and iPads with iTunes can be abused by hackers to take control of iOS devices in what researchers call a “Trustjacking” attack. This feature can be enabled by physically connecting an iOS device to a computer with iTunes and enabling the option to sync over…