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Owners of affected iPhones can stop checking for patches now: the fix for this SecureROM bug comes in a new handset
Wash your mouth out with digital soap Apple Intelligence, the personal AI system integrated into newer Macs, iPhones, and other iThings, can be hijacked using prompt injection, forcing the model into producing an attacker-controlled result and putting millions of users at risk, researchers have shown.…
Darksword is the second iOS exploit chain in a month A new exploit kit targeting iPhone users and stealing their sensitive data is being abused by "multiple" spyware vendors and suspected nation-state goons, security researchers said on Wednesday.…
'We do believe that this was likely the creation of a cybercrime group,' threat hunter tells The Reg ChillyHell, a modular macOS backdoor believed to be long dormant, has likely been infecting computers for years while flying under the radar, according to security researchers who spotted a malware sample uploaded to VirusTotal in May.…
Hello loophole could let a rogue admin, or a pwned one, inject new facial scans Black Hat Microsoft is pushing hard for Windows users to shift from using passwords to its Hello biometrics system, but researchers sponsored by the German government have found a critical flaw in its business implementation.…
Don’t trust mystery digits popping up in your search bar Scammers are hijacking the search results of people needing 24/7 support from Apple, Bank of America, Facebook, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, and PayPal in an attempt to trick victims into handing over personal or financial info, according to Malwarebytes senior director of research Jérôme Segura.…
Some trace back to an outfit under US export controls for alleged PLA links Both Apple's and Google's online stores offer free virtual private network (VPN) apps owned by Chinese companies, according to researchers at the Tech Transparency Project, and they don't make this fact readily known to people downloading the apps.…
PLUS: Spanish cops think they've bagged NATO hacker; HPE warns staff of data breach; Lazy Facebook phishing, and more! Infosec In Brief DeepSeek’s iOS app is a security nightmare that you should delete ASAP, according to researchers at mobile app infosec platform vendor NowSecure.…
Researchers find it's possible to downgrade authentication checks, and shabby token refresh policies Digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal can be used to conduct transactions using stolen and cancelled payment cards, according to academic security researchers.…
For now, cryptographic work should be run on slower Icestorm cores The GoFetch vulnerability found on Apple M-series and Intel Raptor Lake CPUs has been further unpacked by the researchers who first disclosed it.…
'This is no ordinary vulnerability' sec pros explain Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has exposed a previously unknown 'feature' in Apple iPhones that allows attackers to bypass hardware-based memory protection.…
Nearly six years on from Spectre and Meltdown, novel method steals passwords, emails, texts University researchers have developed a novel exploit that can steal information from virtually all modern Apple Macs, iPhones, and iPads.…
ALSO: Brazilian stalkerware database ripped by the short hairs, a fast fashion breach, and this week's critical vulns Infosec in brief The latest round of Apple's Security Research Device (SRD) program is open, giving security researchers a chance to get their hands on an unlocked device – and Apple's blessing to attack it and test its security capabilities.…
Snoops may be targeting macOS devices in addition to iPhones, Kaspersky says Whoever is infecting people's iPhones with the TriangleDB spyware may be targeting macOS computers with similar malware, according to Kaspersky researchers.…
Pegasus, pssh, you so 2000-and-late Malware reportedly developed by a little-known Israeli commercial spyware maker has been found on devices of journalists, politicians, and an NGO worker in multiple countries, say researchers. …
Insert your Trojan joke here Security researchers at Microsoft have discovered a bug in macOS that lets malicious apps bypass Apple's Gatekeeper security software "for initial access by malware and other threats." …
Voltage glitch here, glitch there, now you can fiddle with location disc's firmware At the Workshop on Offensive Technologies 2022 (WOOT) on Thursday, security researchers demonstrated how to meddle with AirTags, Apple's coin-sized tracking devices.…
No, you're not really gonna be hacked. But you may be surprised Some research into the potentially exploitable low-power state of iPhones has sparked headlines this week.…