Apple

Unmanaged Apple devices are a liability for corporations

August 25, 2015

While people widely use Apple devices for work, lack of security and management of those devices exposes companies to significant liabilities, according to a new survey by …

Researcher releases exploit for OS X 0-day that gives root access

August 18, 2015

Italian security researcher Luca Todesco has published PoC exploit code for a newly discovered zero-day privilege escalation flaw affecting OS X Yosemite (v10.10) and …

Apple fixes a bucketload of vulnerabilities in everything

August 14, 2015

Apple has pushed out updates for OS X Yosemite, OS X Server, iOS and Safari, fixing a bucketload of critical and less critical vulnerabilities.While the OS X Server update …

Apple patches serious remotely exploitable iTunes and App Store flaw

July 28, 2015

Security researcher Benjamin Kunz Mejri from Vulnerability Lab has discovered a serious vulnerability in Apple’s App Store and iTunes web apps, which can lead to …

Bug in OS X Yosemite allows attackers to gain root access

July 23, 2015

Security researcher Stefan Esser has revealed the existence of a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), and has provided a working proof of …

Apple to introduce two-factor authentication option in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan

July 10, 2015

Starting with OS X 10.11 (“El Capitan”) and iOS 9, Apple will introduce a two-factor authentication option that will replace the current two-step verification …

Security updates for OS X, iOS fix bucketload of serious bugs

July 1, 2015

Apple has released security updates for Safari, OS X Yosemite (and previous OS X versions), and iOS.The OS X update contains fixes for 77 vulnerabilities, many of which can be …

EFF delves into privacy practices of Apple, Google, Twitter, and others

June 19, 2015

Our digital lives are leaving data trails through social networking sites, email providers, Internet service providers, and mobile apps. But which companies fight the hardest …

Unpatched OS X, iOS flaws allow password, token theft from keychain, apps

June 17, 2015

Six researchers from Indiana University Bloomington, Peking University and Georgia Tech have recently published a paper in which they detail the existence of critical security …

Serious MitM flaw plugged in latest watchOS version

June 11, 2015

If you’ve recently bought an Apple Watch, or if you have had one for a while now, but you haven’t updated to the latest watchOS version, now is the time to do it …

Bug in iOS Mail app is a dream come true for phishers

June 11, 2015

A serious bug in the default Apple iOS Mail application can be easily exploited to show extremely realistic-looking pop-up prompts and trick users into sharing their Apple …

Apple Watch app for managing threat intelligence on-the-go

April 21, 2015

ThreatStream today announced at RSA Conference 2015 the first iOS threat intelligence app for the Apple Watch. The app, which is also available for the iPhone and iPad, …