CVE-2022-32931

CVE-2022-32931 affects macOS Ventura 13; the issue allowed an app with root privileges to access private information. Apple patched this by addressing data protection shortcomings in Ventura 13. Remediation: update to macOS Ventura 13 (or later) where the fix is implemented. All other details in ...

CVE-2023-42830

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

CVE-2023-42830

CVE-2023-42830 describes a privacy issue where an application may read sensitive location information due to insufficient redaction in log entries. The vulnerability was addressed by improved private data redaction and is fixed in: macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4, and iPadOS 16.4. The public documen...

CVE-2023-42830

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

CVE-2023-40437

CVE-2023-40437 concerns a privacy issue in Apple platforms where an app may read sensitive location data due to insufficient private data redaction in log entries. The vulnerability is addressed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, and macOS Ventura 13.5, with Apple stating improved private data redactio...

CVE-2023-40437

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

CVE-2023-40437

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

FTC Bans Outlogic (X-Mode) From Selling Sensitive Location Data

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC on Tuesday prohibited data broker Outlogic, which was previously known as X-Mode Social, from sharing or selling any sensitive location data with third-parties. The ban is part of a settlement over allegations that the company "sold precise location data that...

AirTags stalking lawsuit alleges Apple’s negligence in protecting victims

Each year, an estimated 13.5 million people in the US are victim to stalking. This is a worrying fact stated in the introduction of a lawsuit against Apple brought by stalking victims who charge that AirTags empowered their abusers. AirTags are marketed as trackers that allow you to easily find...

NIST Warns of Security and Privacy Risks from Rapid AI System Deployment

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST is calling attention to the privacy and security challenges that arise as a result of increased deployment of artificial intelligence AI systems in recent years. "These security and privacy challenges include the potential for adversari...

How to Be More Anonymous Online

Being fully anonymous is next to impossible—but you can significantly limit what the internet knows about you by sticking to a few basic rules...

How to Protect Your Privacy Online

Decoding the Complexities of Digital Personhood and Its Private Aspects: Elemental Groundwork As we stride through this tech-propelled age, concerns related to internet-bound privacy have risen as pressing hurdles for all cyber inhabitants around the planet. Considering the ever-broadening spectr...

Facebook introduces another way to track you – Link History

In what seems like yet another attempt to adapt its platform to prepare for new regulations, Facebook has started rolling out a new feature called Link History. Link History allows users to view and re-visit links they have visited with their Facebook browsing activity. Obviously Facebook will te...

How to comply with HIPAA requirements

Understanding the Grounds of HIPAA Let's take a deep dive into understanding the broad structure and intent behind the Act for the Secure Management and Duty of Patient Data ASMDPD, a landmark piece of legislation that has deeply transformed the healthcare sector since its inception at the turn o...

CVE-2023-48419

An attacker in the wifi vicinity of a target Google Home can spy on the victim, resulting in Elevation of Privilege...

DNA data deserves better, with Suzanne Bernstein: Lock and Code S05E01

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Hackers want to know everything about you: Your credit card number, your ID and passport info, and now, your DNA. On October 1 2023, on a hacking website called BreachForums, a group of cybercriminals claimed that they had stolen—and would soon...

The Definitive Enterprise Browser Buyer's Guide

Security stakeholders have come to realize that the prominent role the browser has in the modern corporate environment requires a re-evaluation of how it is managed and protected. While not long-ago web-borne risks were still addressed by a patchwork of endpoint, network, and cloud solutions, it ...

Google Settles $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking Users in 'Incognito Mode'

Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed in June 2020 that alleged that the company misled users by tracking their surfing activity who thought that their internet use remained private when using the "incognito" or "private" mode on web browsers. The class-action lawsuit sought at least $5...

Mozilla: Truncated signed text was shown with a valid OpenPGP signature

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory: When processing a PGP/MIME payload that contains digitally signed text, the first paragraph of the text was never shown to the user. This is because the text was interpreted as a MIME message and the first paragraph was always treated as an email header...

Mozilla: Potential exposure of uninitialized data in <code>EncryptingOutputStream</code>

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: EncryptingOutputStream was susceptible to exposing uninitialized data. This issue could only be abused in order to write data to a local disk which may have implications for private browsing mode...