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Cyber Security DE:CODED – Cloud security
“As long as anything is online, it’s open for strangers to try to break protection” Show notes for series 2, episode 4 The ‘cloud’ is integrating with our lives at ever more ...
VPNs Don’t Work on iOS — and Apple Doesn’t Care
“VPNs on iOS are a scam.” That’s what an angry security researcher would have you believe ...
Zoom Exploit on MacOS
This vulnerability was reported to Zoom last December: The exploit works by targeting the installer for the Zoom application, which needs to run with special user permissions in order to install or ...
Apple’s Lockdown Mode
I haven’t written about Apple’s Lockdown Mode yet, mostly because I haven’t delved into the details. This is how Apple describes it: Lockdown Mode offers an extreme, optional level of security for ...
Apple Previews Lockdown Mode, Another Marriott Data Breach, Smart Contact Lenses
Apple previews Lockdown Mode which is designed for high risk individuals such as human rights workers, lawyers, politicians and journalists, hotel chain Marriott confirms another data breach, and new details on the ...
Could TikTok Be Removed From App Stores, HackerOne Employee Caught Stealing Vulnerability Reports, California Gun Owner Data Breach
The commissioner of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), asked the CEOs of Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, bug bounty platform HackerOne disclosed that a former employee improperly ...
Rust CLI For Apple’s WeatherKit REST API
Apple is in the final stages of shuttering the DarkSky service/API. They’ve replaced it with WeatherKit, which has both an xOS framework version as well as a REST API. To use either, ...
Apple Joins Google in Adopting BIMI & VMCs for Email
In fall 2022, Apple will roll out its latest operating system for iPhones (iOS 16) and computer devices (MacOS Ventura), which will support brand indicators for message identification. Companies will... The post ...
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 ...
Introducing {weatherkit}: The Eventual Replacement R Package for {darksky}
My {darksky} package has been around for years, now, and the service that powers it was purchased by Apple before the pandemic. The DarkSky API is slated to be shuttered in December ...
