Bug in iOS Mail app is a dream come true for phishers
A serious bug in the default Apple iOS Mail application can be easily exploited to show extremely realistic-looking pop-up prompts and trick users into sharing their Apple …
Apple Watch app for managing threat intelligence on-the-go
ThreatStream today announced at RSA Conference 2015 the first iOS threat intelligence app for the Apple Watch. The app, which is also available for the iPhone and iPad, …
Apple’s fix didn’t close Rootpipe backdoor
When TrueSec researcher Emil Kvarnhammar discovered a privilege escalation bug affecting OS X that could allow attackers to gain complete control of the target’s Mac …
US tech giants urge Congress to curb mass digital surveillance
As the date of the expiry of Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act draws near, a wide range of tech companies, privacy advocates, and trade associations have asked the US …
Apple-themed “Your account has been limited” phishing emails doing rounds
Apple users are once again targeted with phishing emails, warns Bitdefender, and the latest variant of the scheme is impersonating Apple Support claiming that their account …
Apple Watch scams target Twitter and Facebook users
It didn’t take long for spammers to jump on the Apple Watch bandwagon – they set up a Twitter account named “Apple Giveaways”, and began spamming out …
Apple issued update for FREAK flaw in OS X and iOS
Apple has released security updates for OS X and iOS which, among other things, fix the FREAK flaw that may allow an attacker to decrypt secure communications between …
FREAK bug breaks SSL encryption for Android and Apple devices
A flaw in OpenSSL and Apple’s Secure Transport implementation of SSL and TLS protocols is putting millions of Android and Apple device users as well as visitors of …
Cisco, Apple, Citrix products no longer welcome on Chinese government systems
A slew of US tech companies have been dropped from China’s Ministry of Finance’s approved government procurement list, including Apple, McAfee, Citrix Systems and …
UK banks’ customers can access accounts with their fingerprint
iPhone users who are also customers of UK banks RBS and NatWest can now access their online banking app by simply pressing their finger on their phone’s home button. The …
How to enable two-step verification for iMessages and FaceTime
After having added a two-step verification feature to allow users to secure their iCloud (Apple ID) accounts, and extending the protection to iCloud backups last September, …
New OS X Yosemite version fixes critical security issues, including Thunderstrike
Apple has released the latest version of OS X Yosemite (v10.10.2) and the first security update (2015-001) for this year, and among the problems fixed is one affecting the CPU …