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iPhone/iPad Warning: Update Now to Avoid Zero-Day Pain

| | Apple, Apple iPhone, Apple zero-day, CVE-2023-42824, CVE-2023-5217, iOS 7, iPadOS Vulnerability, iPhone, iPhone and iPad, iphone update, SB Blogwatch, Zero Day Attacks, zero-day vulnerabilities, Zero-day Vulnerability, zero-days
Apple’s embarrassing regression: iOS 17.0.3 fixes yet more nasty zero-days (and the overheating bug) ...
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‘BLASTPASS’ iPhone Exploit — Apple Asleep at the Switch

| | Apple, BLASTPASS, Citizen Lab, FaceTime, FaceTime bug, imessage, ios, iPhone, NSO, NSO Group, Pegasus, Pegasus Spyware, Privacy, SB Blogwatch
Zero click, zero day, zero clue: Yet another iOS zero-day lets NSO’s Pegasus “mercenary spyware” cause chaos ...
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Operation Triangulation: Zero-Click iPhone Malware

| | Exploits, forensics, ios, iPhone, Malware, Uncategorized
Kaspersky is reporting a zero-click iOS exploit in the wild: Mobile device backups contain a partial copy of the filesystem, including some of the user data and service databases. The timestamps of ...
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Eugene Kaspersky—is he a useful idiot?

Russia Says NSA Hacked iOS With Apple’s Help — we Triangulate Kaspersky’s Research

| | Apple, back door, backdoor, FSB, imessage, ios, iPhone, kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab, Kaspersky Security, nsa, Russia, Russian FSB, SB Blogwatch, spyware, triangulation, Zero Click Attack, Zero-Click Exploit
Tit-For-Tat Triangulation Trojan Talk: Backdoor inserted at U.S. behest, alleges FSB ...
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New Apple ‘Rapid’ Update is Slow, Messy FAIL

New Apple ‘Rapid’ Update is Slow, Messy FAIL

| | Apple, Apple iOS, apple security update, ios, iPhone, macos, patch, Rapid Security Response, RSR, SB Blogwatch
PATCH NOW! Oh, wait, you can’t: “You are no longer connected to the internet,” it sneers ...
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Using the iPhone Recovery Key to Lock Owners Out of Their iPhones

| | Apple, Denial of Service, iPhone, Uncategorized
This a good example of a security feature that can sometimes harm security: Apple introduced the optional recovery key in 2020 to protect users from online hackers. Users who turn on the ...
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iPhone Privacy ‘Lies’ Exposed Again: Apple Analytics not Anonymous

iPhone Privacy ‘Lies’ Exposed Again: Apple Analytics not Anonymous

| | Apple, ios, iPhone, pii, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Someone at a high-rise in a major city somewhere knows what kind of porn you like
Apple has been caught lying in a privacy policy. So say the now-notorious security researchers at Mysk ...
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Lockdown Mode: Apple to protect users from targeted spyware attacks

Lockdown Mode: Apple to protect users from targeted spyware attacks

| | Apple, Authentication, Cyber Security, Featured Articles, iPhone, macos, spyware
Apple has previewed a new feature which aims to harden high-risk users from the serious threat of being spied upon by enemy states and intelligence agencies. “Lockdown Mode” is scheduled to arrive ...
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DuckDuckGo Browser and Microsoft Trackers, Verizon Employee Database, Attacking Powered Off iPhones

DuckDuckGo Browser Allows Microsoft Trackers, Stolen Verizon Employee Database, Attacking Powered Off iPhones

| | Apple, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, DuckDuckGo, Episodes, Information Security, Infosec, iOS 15, iPhone, Low Power Mode, Microsoft, Podcast, Privacy, security, social engineering, technology, verizon, Weekly Edition
The DuckDuckGo mobile browser allows Microsoft trackers due to an agreement in their syndicated search content contract, a database of contact details for hundreds of Verizon employees was compromised after an employee ...
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NSO Group Spied on European Union—on French Orders?

NSO Group Spied on European Union—on French Orders?

| | Apple, Didier Reynders, eu, European Union, FORCEDENTRY, france, Imagine thinking a commissioner’s phone contents would give any insight into what’s happening at the commission, iPhone, NSO, NSO Group, Pegasus, Privacy, QuaDream, SB Blogwatch
An espionage attempt was made by an NSO Group customer to hack the phones of senior EU officials ...
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