Impressive iPhone Exploit

This is a scarily impressive vulnerability: Earlier this year, Apple patched one of the most breathtaking iPhone vulnerabilities ever: a memory corruption bug in the iOS kernel that gave attackers remote access ...

New Bluetooth Vulnerability

There’s a new unpatched Bluetooth vulnerability: The issue is with a protocol called Cross-Transport Key Derivation (or CTKD, for short). When, say, an iPhone is getting ready to pair up with Bluetooth-powered ...
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Covid-19 Exposure Logging: Key Privacy Considerations

Recently, both Apple and Google released new updates for iPhone and Android devices. One feature that was added was “Covid-19 Exposure Logging.” The feature is off (for now), and according to the ...
Malicious SDK Spies on iPhone Users and Steals Ad Revenue, Researchers Claim

Malicious SDK Spies on iPhone Users and Steals Ad Revenue, Researchers Claim

Security researchers have uncovered malicious behavior in a software development kit (SDK) used by over 1,200 apps in Apple’s App Store, with a combined monthly user base of approximately 300 million. Researchers ...
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The Joy of Tech® ‘Comet Neowise’

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Microsoft Sued for LinkedIn Clipboard Snooping Scare

LinkedIn got caught reading personal data from iPhone clipboards. Now a user is suing Microsoft’s social network ...
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iPhone Hacks: What You Need to Know About Mobile Security

iPhone Hacks: What You Need to Know About Mobile Security

Guest Post by Jennifer BellLearn How Hackers Steal and Exploit Information to Ensure This Doesn’t Happen to You Cybersecurity is an important topic to know and understand in order to keep your ...

First Amendment Rights and Twitter, Encryption Backdoors

In episode 123 for June 1st 2020: The controversy continues over fact checking and First Amendment rights on Twitter, and why government mandated encryption backdoors are bad for everyone’s security. ** Show ...

Detecting a Phish on an iPhone

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In their obsession with simplifying the phone interface, the iPhone designers make it a bit harder to detect dangerous emails. Here is an email claiming to be from “Humana Health” asking me ...
New Phishing Scam Lures iPhone Owners with Romantic Chat, Gambling, ‘Free’ VPN

New Phishing Scam Lures iPhone Owners with Romantic Chat, Gambling, ‘Free’ VPN

Bitdefender this week has detected a new phishing campaign targeting iPhone owners with a range of scams aiming to defraud unsuspecting victims. First things first. If you receive the email pictured below, ...