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SLAP/FLOP: Apple Silicon’s ‘Son of Spectre’ Critical Flaws

Richi Jennings | January 29, 2025 | Apple, apple bug, Apple Data Security, Apple Silicon, ARM, Arm CPU Attack, arm64, Daniel Genkin, FLOP, iPad, iPhone, Jalen Chuang, Jason Kim, Mac, SB Blogwatch, Side-Channel, side-channel attack, side-channel attacks, SLAP, Spectre, Spectre attack, Spectre variant, speculative execution, Yuval Yarom

Watch this: Want more “speculative execution” bugs? You’re gonna be in a great mood all day ...

Security Boulevard

Reflecting on Y2K: Lessons for the Next Tech Crisis and AI Safety

Tom Eston | January 6, 2025 | AI, AI Risks, AI safety, Apple, Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Happy New Year, Information Security, Infosec, ios, iPhone, Mobile, New Year, Podcast, podcasting, Podcasts, Privacy, security, Smart Phone, Stolen Device Protection, technology, Weekly Edition, Y2K

Join us as we reminisce about Y2K, the panic, the preparations, and the lessons learned 25 years later. We also discuss the implications for future technology like AI and potential cybersecurity crises ...

Shared Security Podcast

Sevco, Apple, DMA, EU, A green worm on a juicy red apple

iPhone Mirroring Flaw Could Expose Employee Personal Information

Nathan Eddy | October 9, 2024 | Apple, iPhone, IT Security, mirroring, Mobile, Privacy

A flaw in Apple's mirroring feature within the iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia software updates compromises personal privacy when used on work Macs, according to a report from Sevco Security ...

Security Boulevard

E2EE is MIA in iPhone/Android Chat — GSMA Gonna Fix it

Richi Jennings | September 18, 2024 | android, Apple, Apple iOS, Apple iPhone, china, E2EE, end-to-end, end-to-end encryption, google, Great Firewall of China, GSMA, iChat, imessage, ios, iOS 18, iPhone, iphone security, MLS, RCS, RCS protocol, SB Blogwatch, SMS, SMS messages

No More Barf-Green Bubbles? GSM Association is “excited” to bring Apple and Google closer together, but encryption is still lacking ...

Security Boulevard

Three South Korean soldiers stand guard at the DMZ between North and South Korea

South Korean iPhone Ban: MDM DMZ PDQ

MDM Hindered: Android phones are still OK; this is Samsung’s home, after all ...

Security Boulevard

workforce, systems, security, security, spyware

Kaspersky Details Method for Detecting Spyware in iOS

Jeffrey Burt | January 17, 2024 | Apple iOS, iOS spyware, iPhone, Kaspersky Security, Pegasus Spyware

Researchers with cybersecurity firm Kaspersky are detailing a lightweight method for detecting the presence of spyware, including The NSO Group’s notorious Pegasus software, in Apple iOS devices. The new method, which calls ...

Security Boulevard

Ohio’s New Social Media Law, Meta’s Link History Feature, 175 Million Passcode Guesses

Tom Eston | January 15, 2024 | Apple, brute-force attack, children, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, iPhone, Link History, Meta, Ohio, , Ottawa, passcode, Passcodes, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, , technology, Teenagers, Weekly Edition

In episode 312, Tom and Scott discuss the implications of a new law in Ohio that may require parental consent for children under 16 using social media, including the pros and cons ...

Shared Security Podcast

Most Advanced iPhone Exploit Ever, Google’s $5 Billion Settlement, Apple’s Journal App

Tom Eston | January 8, 2024 | api, Apple, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Exploit, google, Google Privacy Lawsuit, Information Security, Infosec, ios, iPhone, iPhone Exploit, Journal, Journaling, Mobile, Mobile App, New Year, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, technology, Weekly Edition

In this episode, we discuss the most sophisticated iPhone exploit ever, Google’s agreement to settle a $5 billion lawsuit about tracking users in ‘incognito’ mode, and a new iOS app, Journal. The ...

Shared Security Podcast

New iPhone Exploit Uses Four Zero-Days

Bruce Schneier | January 4, 2024 | backdoors, Exploits, iPhone, kaspersky, Uncategorized, zero-day

Kaspersky researchers are detailing “an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky.” It’s a zero-click exploit ...

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