Chrome flaw on iOS leads to 500 million unwanted pop-up ads
If you own an iOS device and use the Chrome browser, there is a chance during the last week that you’ve encountered some strange-looking …
Mozilla to Apple: Protect user privacy with rotating phone IDs
Mozilla has criticized Apple for its latest privacy marketing campaign, urging it to provide more automatic protection for users behind the …
Apple scammed by college students through fake iPhone replacement scheme
Apple was allegedly scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by college students who operated a cross-border iPhone resale scheme, …
Cloudflare announces free VPN service, Warp, to complement its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver
Online privacy has become such a concern that VPN tools — once used only by technology experts — have now started to become far more …
New book looks inside Apple’s legal fight with the FBI
A new biography of Apple chief executive Tim Cook out this month describes the moment — and the deliberations — after the FBI issued an …
A week in security (March 4 – 11)
Last week, Malwarebytes Labs released its in-depth, international data privacy survey of nearly 4,000 individuals, revealing that every …
As Phones Get Harder to Hack, Zero Day Vendors Hunt for Router Exploits
On Thursday, Crowdfense, a company that buys zero day exploits from researchers and then sells them to government agencies, announced it is …
Want to hack an iPhone? Cellebrite hacking tools are available on eBay
iPhones are renown for their security — to the point that even law enforcement agencies have trouble accessing their contents. An Israeli …
For sale: iPhone hacking tool, one previous (not very careful) owner
Here’s a second-hand Cellebrite UFED device showing off its capabilities, courtesy of security researcher Matthew Hickey: Hickey is …
The man suing Apple over two-factor authentication has ‘previous’
Cybersecurity 101: Five settings to secure your iPhone or iPad
iOS 12, Apple’s latest mobile software for iPhone and iPad, is out. The new software packs in a bunch of new security and privacy …
Apple sued because two-factor authentication… oh, I give up
What you shouldn’t be getting upset about is the security that companies like Apple put in place to help prevent your accounts being hacked. …
Apple Developer Program Co-opted to Install Pirated iPhone Apps
Apple has traditionally kept is smartphones locked down to prevent unauthorized app installs, but there is a program that helps companies …
Smashing Security #115: Love, Nests, and is 2FA destroying the world?
Is two factor authentication such a pain in the rear end that it’s costing the economy millions? Do you feel safe having a Google Nest in …
Apple Released Security Update & Fixes for iOS FaceTime Zero-day Vulnerability
Apple Released an important security update for iOS, macOS and fixed a critical FaceTime Zero day vulnerability that affected iOS & macOS. …
Google Finds Two Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in iOS
Threats that are already active online prior to patches are called “zero-day” vulnerabilities. Tracking down these glitches is the …
These iOS apps have been secretly recording your screen activities
By Waqas Apple has vowed to remove iOS apps that record screen data. User data recording has become an issue of concern among the …
iPhone apps record your screen sessions without asking
What would you call it if your iOS apps were tracking your every tap and your every swipe, then sending what amounts to a running series of …