by AppleInsider | May 12, 2021 | AirTags, security
An exploit allows messages and additional data to be sent across Apple's Find My network, according to the findings of a security researcher. Security researcher Fabian Bräunlein has found a way to leverage Apple's Find My network to function as a generic... by AppleInsider | Apr 12, 2021 | Apple Watch SE, HomePod mini, iPad (low cost), iPad mini, iPhone 11, iPhone SE, iPhone XR, security
Apple made unusual mid-production hardware changes to the A12, A13, and S5 processors in its devices in the fall of 2020 to update the Secure Storage Component, according to Apple Support documents. According to an Apple Support page, spotted by Twitter user Andrew... by AppleInsider | Apr 5, 2021 | Facebook, security
The personal details of more than 553 million Facebook users have been published on a website for hackers, according to multiple reports over the weekend. The details appeared on Saturday, according to Business Insider, and are also available in 106 different... by AppleInsider | Feb 22, 2021 | iCloud, security
In a blog post shared by ZDNet, security researcher Vishal Bharad claims that he found a bug that would have allowed a hacker to inject a virus or malicious script onto Apple's iCloud website. According to Bharad, the vulnerability consisted of creating a Pages or... by AppleInsider | Feb 5, 2021 | Chrome, exploit, Google, security
Google has released Chrome version 88.0.4324.150 with an important fix for a zero-day vulnerability in the web browser that the company says is likely to have been exploited in the wild. Google hasn't provided specific details about the heap buffer overflow memory... by AppleInsider | Feb 3, 2021 | security
A sudo bug that can grant an attacker root access has been discovered to affect macOS Big Sur (via ZDNet). The security vulnerability, identified last week as "CVE-2021-3156" by the Qualys Security Team, affects sudo, which is a program that allows users to run... 