Latest iOS news

Apple to unveil new 'Passwords' password manager app for iPhones, Macs

Apple will reportedly unveil a standalone password manager named 'Passwords' as part of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 during the upcoming Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 07, 2024
- 03:50 PM
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Apple wasn’t storing deleted iOS photos in iCloud after all

Security researchers reverse-engineered Apple's recent iOS 17.5.1 update and found that a recent bug that restored images deleted months or even years ago was caused by an iOS bug and not an issue with iCloud.
- Bill Toulas
- May 23, 2024
- 01:23 PM
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Apple blocked $7 billion in fraudulent App Store purchases in 4 years

Apple's antifraud technology has blocked more than $7 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in four years, the company states in its latest annual fraud prevention analysis.
- Bill Toulas
- May 15, 2024
- 01:42 PM
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Apple backports fix for zero-day exploited in attacks to older iPhones

Apple has backported security patches released in March to older iPhones and iPads, fixing an iOS zero-day tagged as exploited in attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 13, 2024
- 05:47 PM
- 0
Opera sees big jump in EU users on iOS, Android after DMA update

Opera has reported a substantial 164% increase in new European Union users on iOS devices after Apple introduced a new feature to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA).
- Mayank Parmar
- March 23, 2024
- 12:59 PM
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Brave: Sharp increase in installs after iOS DMA update in EU

Brave has seen a sharp increase in users installing its privacy-focused Brave Browser on iPhones after Apple introduced changes to adhere to the new European Digital Markets Act.
- Mayank Parmar
- March 12, 2024
- 06:25 PM
- 2
Apple fixes two new iOS zero-days exploited in attacks on iPhones

Apple released emergency security updates to fix two iOS zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in attacks on iPhones.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 05, 2024
- 04:34 PM
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New ‘Gold Pickaxe’ Android, iOS malware steals your face for fraud

A new iOS and Android trojan named 'GoldPickaxe' employs a social engineering scheme to trick victims into scanning their faces and ID documents, which are believed to be used to generate deepfakes for unauthorized banking access.
- Bill Toulas
- February 15, 2024
- 03:00 AM
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Google says spyware vendors behind most zero-days it discovers

Commercial spyware vendors (CSV) were behind 80% of the zero-day vulnerabilities Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered in 2023 and used to spy on devices worldwide.
- Bill Toulas
- February 06, 2024
- 12:27 PM
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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
- 0
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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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
- 0
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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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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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
- 0
WhatsApp now lets users hide their location during calls

WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that helps Android and iOS users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through WhatsApp servers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 08, 2023
- 09:00 AM
- 0
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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The iOS iScanner document control app makes it easy for $30, originally $199 MSRP, a price you can only get now through October 15th. Just use code SCANNER at checkout.
- BleepingComputer Deals
- October 11, 2023
- 02:09 PM
- 0
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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CISA warns govt agencies to secure iPhones against spyware attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered federal agencies today to patch security vulnerabilities abused as part of a zero-click iMessage exploit chain to infect iPhones with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 11, 2023
- 12:21 PM
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