Operation Triangulation: Zero-Click iPhone Malware

Kaspersky is reporting a zero-click iOS exploit in the wild: Mobile device backups contain a partial copy of the filesystem, including some of the user data and service databases. The timestamps of ...
New Apple ‘Rapid’ Update is Slow, Messy FAIL

New Apple ‘Rapid’ Update is Slow, Messy FAIL

PATCH NOW! Oh, wait, you can’t: “You are no longer connected to the internet,” it sneers ...
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Using the iPhone Recovery Key to Lock Owners Out of Their iPhones

This a good example of a security feature that can sometimes harm security: Apple introduced the optional recovery key in 2020 to protect users from online hackers. Users who turn on the ...
iPhone Privacy ‘Lies’ Exposed Again: Apple Analytics not Anonymous

iPhone Privacy ‘Lies’ Exposed Again: Apple Analytics not Anonymous

Apple has been caught lying in a privacy policy. So say the now-notorious security researchers at Mysk ...
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Lockdown Mode: Apple to protect users from targeted spyware attacks

Lockdown Mode: Apple to protect users from targeted spyware attacks

Apple has previewed a new feature which aims to harden high-risk users from the serious threat of being spied upon by enemy states and intelligence agencies. “Lockdown Mode” is scheduled to arrive ...
DuckDuckGo Browser and Microsoft Trackers, Verizon Employee Database, Attacking Powered Off iPhones

DuckDuckGo Browser Allows Microsoft Trackers, Stolen Verizon Employee Database, Attacking Powered Off iPhones

The DuckDuckGo mobile browser allows Microsoft trackers due to an agreement in their syndicated search content contract, a database of contact details for hundreds of Verizon employees was compromised after an employee ...

Faking an iPhone Reboot

Researchers have figured how how to intercept and fake an iPhone reboot: We’ll dissect the iOS system and show how it’s possible to alter a shutdown event, tricking a user that got ...
SMS messages

FluBot malware warning after 70,000 attacks launched over SMS

Finland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-FI) has issued a warning about malicious SMS messages that have been spammed out to mobile users, directing iPhone owners to phishing sites and Android users to ...