AI nudify apps spark legal scrutiny of Apple and Google’s profits

You expect all kinds of apps on Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store, from weather monitors to home automation apps and games. What you might not expect are apps that can create non-consensual nude imagery from ordinary photos. But they exist, and the City of San Francisco has had enough. On...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Apple iOS and watchOS Wallet

Apple iOS and Apple watchOS are both products of Apple Inc. Apple iOS is an operating system for mobile devices. apple watchOS is an operating system for smartwatches. wallet is a wallet application. A security vulnerability exists in the Wallet component of Apple iOS before 12.4 and watchOS befo...

Fortnite APK Download for Android Won't Be Available on Google Play Store

There's both good news and bad news for Fortnite game lovers. Fortnite, one of the most popular games in the world right now, is coming to Android devices very soon, but players would not be able to downloadFortnite APK from the Google Play Store. Instead, Epic Games software development company...

Investors concerned about smartphone addiction; Apple responds with new webpage

Hot on the heels of an open letter from investors urging Apple to do more to protect children from smartphone addiction, the tech giant has recently dedicated a page on their website to families. The "Families" page, which can be accessed at apple.com/families, contains tools parents can use to s...

Impersonating iOS Password Prompts

This is an interesting security vulnerability: because it is so easy to impersonate iOS password prompts, a malicious app can steal your password just by asking. Why does this work? iOS asks the user for their iTunes password for many reasons, the most common ones are recently installed iOS...

PT-2013-5438

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 7.0.4 Description The issue concerns the App Store component, which fails to properly enforce a transaction-time password requirement. This allows local users to complete certain transactions, such as App purchases ...

Restrictions

The iPhone, like the many smartphones that have debuted in its wake, includes a variety of powerful applications and features. Many of these functions and apps, including the camera, the Safari browser, FaceTime and others, can have privacy and security implications, depending upon how they’re us...