Latest Apple news

CISA warns of patched iPhone kernel bug now exploited in attacks

CISA warned today that a patched kernel security flaw affecting Apple iPhones, Macs, TVs, and watches is now being actively exploited in attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 31, 2024
- 02:02 PM
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iPhone apps abuse iOS push notifications to collect user data

Numerous iOS apps are using background processes triggered by push notifications to collect user data about devices, potentially allowing the creation of fingerprinting profiles used for tracking.
- Bill Toulas
- January 25, 2024
- 01:28 PM
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Cracked macOS apps drain wallets using scripts fetched from DNS records

Hackers are using a stealthy method to deliver to macOS users information-stealing malware through DNS records that hide malicious scripts.
- Bill Toulas
- January 22, 2024
- 05:27 PM
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Apple fixes first zero-day bug exploited in attacks this year

Apple released security updates to address this year's first zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks that could impact iPhones, Macs, and Apple TVs.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 22, 2024
- 02:20 PM
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iShutdown scripts can help detect iOS spyware on your iPhone

Security researchers found that infections with high-profile spyware Pegasus, Reign, and Predator could be discovered on compromised Apple mobile devices by checking Shutdown.log, a system log file that stores reboot events.
- Bill Toulas
- January 17, 2024
- 01:03 PM
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MacOS info-stealers quickly evolve to evade XProtect detection

Multiple information stealers for the macOS platform have demonstrated the capability to evade detection even when security companies follow and report about new variants frequently.
- Bill Toulas
- January 16, 2024
- 04:29 PM
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China claims it cracked Apple's AirDrop to find numbers, email addresses

A Chinese state-backed research institute claims to have discovered how to decrypt device logs for Apple's AirDrop feature, allowing the government to identify phone numbers or email addresses of those who shared content.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 09, 2024
- 04:46 PM
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iPhone Triangulation attack abused undocumented hardware feature

The Operation Triangulation spyware attacks targeting iPhone devices since 2019 leveraged undocumented features in Apple chips to bypass hardware-based security protections.
- Bill Toulas
- December 27, 2023
- 09:14 AM
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- BleepingComputer Deals
- December 19, 2023
- 07:17 AM
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Apple emergency updates fix recent zero-days on older iPhones

Apple has issued emergency security updates to backport patches for two actively exploited zero-day flaws to older iPhones and some Apple Watch and Apple TV models.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 11, 2023
- 02:28 PM
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US senator: Govts spy on Apple, Google users via mobile notifications

A U.S. senator revealed today that government agencies worldwide demand mobile push notification records from Apple and Google users to spy on their customers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 06, 2023
- 02:58 PM
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New proxy malware targets Mac users through pirated software

Cybercriminals are targeting Mac users with a new proxy trojan malware bundled with popular, copyrighted macOS software being offered on warez sites.
- Bill Toulas
- December 03, 2023
- 10:12 AM
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Apple fixes two new iOS zero-days in emergency updates

Apple released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks and impacting iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices, reaching 20 zero-days patched since the start of the year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 30, 2023
- 02:42 PM
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- November 11, 2023
- 08:19 AM
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BlueNoroff hackers backdoor Macs with new ObjCShellz malware

The North Korean-backed BlueNoroff threat group targets Apple customers with new macOS malware tracked as ObjCShellz that can open remote shells on compromised devices.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 07, 2023
- 03:26 PM
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Apple 'Find My' network can be abused to steal keylogged passwords

Apple's "Find My" location network can be abused by malicious actors to stealthily transmit sensitive information captured by keyloggers installed in keyboards.
- Bill Toulas
- November 04, 2023
- 10:12 AM
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New iLeakage attack steals emails, passwords from Apple Safari

Academic researchers created a new speculative side-channel attack they named iLeakage that works on all recent Apple devices and can extract sensitive information from the Safari web browser.
- Bill Toulas
- October 26, 2023
- 07:26 AM
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Apple fixes iOS Kernel zero-day vulnerability on older iPhones

Apple has published security updates for older iPhones and iPads to backport patches released one week ago, addressing two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 12, 2023
- 12:40 PM
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Apple emergency update fixes new zero-day used to hack iPhones

Apple released new emergency security updates on Wednesday to patch two new zero-day vulnerabilities known to be exploited in attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 04, 2023
- 02:19 PM
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- BleepingComputer Deals
- October 04, 2023
- 07:14 AM
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