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Apple introducing extra protection against hackers
Apple is introducing two-factor authentication for users of its iCloud and other services, adding an extra layer of protection against hackers trying to access peoples' accounts by requiring mobile...
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New Apple flaw lets hackers change your Apple ID and iCloud passwords
A new vulnerability in Apple's password reset system may allow hackers to change the passwords for you Apple accounts using only an email address, birthday, and a “modified URL,” according to the...
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Apple password reset website – gaping hole found, fixed
Apple has had a good-bad-good-bad week of it in the computer security environment. Its announcement of two-step verification for some users was quickly followed by a report of a password recovery...
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Apple introduces two-factor verification for Apple IDs
After celebrity Web 2.0 journalist Mat Honan had all his iDevices remote-wiped by a cybercrook last year, Apple’s login security has been under scrutiny. Good news! Apple has finally bitten the bullet...
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HP printers, Google blocks ad blockers, Apple does the 2-step, and more…...
Have your joined thousands of others, and become a loyal listener to the “Chet Chat” yet? Here’s the latest Naked Security podcast, Sophos Security Chet Chat 105, discussing a range of recent and...
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Apple updates Safari, gives better control over Java applets
Apple has pushed out a Safari update to go along with this week’s “Java Tuesday” fix. It’s supposed to give you finer-grained control over Java in your browser. Paul Ducklin puts it through its paces…...
View ArticleHackers Keep Phishing for Apple IDs
People spend a lot of money on iTunes and Apple's App Store, so it's not surprising that their Apple IDs would prove tempting targets for hackers. A number of users in the United States, the United...
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Apple ships jolly uninteresting iOS 6.1.4 update
Apple just released iOS 6.1.4 for the iPhone 5. Apparently, it improves speakerphone calls, but it doesn’t fix the lock-screen bug in iOS 6.1.3… View full post on Naked Security – Sophos
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Apple fixes 41 iTunes security flaws, some more than a year old
Apple released the latest update to iTunes today, version 11.0.3, fixing 41 vulnerabilities in the Windows version and 1 in the OS X version. Many of these flaws are rated critical and we advise you...
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Oracle and Apple update Java – zapping browser Java would already have...
As promised last week, Oracle shipped a Critical Patch Update for Java on Tuesday 18 June 2013. Apple, which offers its own builds of Java, updated at the same time. Paul Ducklin takes a look… View...
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Keyjacking, Ubisoft data breach, Apple QuickTime holes – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the first 60 Second Security video of July, looking into some of the intriguing and interesting security stories of the past week. Neatly compressed into a minute of video, why not give it a...
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Apple to fix iPhones’ vulnerability to boobytrapped chargers
iPhones and iPads will be vulnerable until they get the iOS 7 update, which is scheduled for release later this year. Until then, you might want to avoid plugging into sleazy charging stations, though...
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Apple neglects OS X privilege escalation bug for six months, gets Metasploit...
Six months ago, we wrote about a risky bug in the sudo command, the Unix equivalent of Run As… on Windows. The vulnerability is still unpatched on OS X, and now there’s a Metasploit exploit pack to...
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Apple apps turned upside down writing right to left – you’re only 6...
Apple’s iOS and OS X are currently under what can only be described as a “jolly irritating attack.” Certain text strings, when processed by the operating system’s CoreText rendering engine, cause the...
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Facebook transparency, Apple bugs, SEA DDoSes itself – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Which country came top of Facebook’s new “Government Requests” report aimed at outing the countries that fish for Facebook user data the most? (I bet you’re thinking it’s the USA – but it isn’t.) Watch...
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SSCC 116 – Google Authenticator, Apple bugs, Facebook data probes, WordPress...
Here you are! Episode #116 of the Sophos Security Chet Chat. News, opinion, advice and research: Chet and Duck bring you their unique and entertaining combination of all four in their regular podcast....
View ArticleApple details Fingerprint Sensor/Touch ID security, 48 hour wipe …
By having the sensitive data expire fairly quickly, Apple is hoping that hackers will not have enough time to decrypt the data and it still be useful. However, the … View full post on Google Alert –...
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Apple ships OS X 10.8.5 security update – fixes “sudo” bug at last
Officially, it’s a point release of OS X Mountain Lion. But with twice as many security fixes listed as regular bug fixes and improvements, Paul Ducklin is happy calling it a “security update” instead…...
View ArticleApple Loop: Tim Cook Greets, Tweets iPhone Buyers, Hackers Take …
Keeping you in the loop on a few of the things happening around Apple this week. The iPhone sales count begin. Will Apple top the 5 million units sold in the first … View full post on Google Alert –...
View ArticleTop Worst Things About Apple iOS 7: Would Apple iOS 7 Fail As It …
After a mega frenzy to download the iOS 7, Hackers say they have been able to access people's personal data on iPhones due to a security glitch in Apple's new … View full post on Google Alert – hackers...
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