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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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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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 29, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us ...
VPNs Don’t Work on iOS — and Apple Doesn’t Care

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 ...
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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, 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 ...
Truths and Myths of Privacy, Fake Shopping Apps, Borat RAT Malware

Truths and Myths of Privacy, Fake Shopping Apps, Borat RAT Malware

Scott and Tom explain why privacy isn’t dead, why should everyone should care about their privacy, and how you should respond to someone that says “I don’t care about privacy, I have ...

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 ...