[updated] Important update! iPhones, Macs, and more vulnerable to zero-day bug

On Monday, Apple released a long list of patched vulnerabilities to its software, including a new zero-day flaw affecting Macs and iPhones. The company revealed it's aware that threat actors may have been actively exploiting this vulnerability, which is tracked as CVE-2022-32917. As it's a...

Apple Releases iOS Update for Older iPhones to Fix Actively Exploited Vulnerability

Apple on Wednesday backported security updates to older iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices to address a critical security flaw that has been actively exploited in the wild. The shortcoming, tracked as CVE-2022-32893 CVSS score: 8.8, is an out-of-bounds write issue affecting WebKit that could...

How iPhones can run malware even when they’re off

Most people think that turning off their iPhone - or letting the battery die - means that the phone is, well, off. The thing is, this isnt quite true. In reality, most of the phones functionality has ended, but there are components that mindlessly continue a zombie-like existence, for the most pa...

iPhones Vulnerable to Attack Even When Turned Off

Attackers can target iPhones even when they are turned off due to how Apple implements standalone wireless features Bluetooth, Near Field Communication NFC and Ultra-wideband UWB technologies in the device, researchers have found. These features—which have access to the iPhone’s Secure Element SE...

Bypassing Apple’s AirTag Security

A Berlin-based company has developed an AirTag clone that bypasses Apples anti-stalker security systems. Source code for these AirTag clones is available online. So now we have several problems with the system. Apples anti-stalker security only works with iPhones. Apple wrote an Android app that...

Apple Patches Actively Exploited WebKit Zero Day

Apple has patched yet another zero-day vulnerability, this time in its WebKit browser engine, that threat actors already are actively exploiting to compromise iPhones, iPads and MacOS devices. The zero-day, tracked as CVE-2022-22620, is a Use-After-Free issue, which is related to incorrect use of...

Pegasus Spyware Infects U.S. State Department iPhones

An unknown assailant planted NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on the iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees, according to four of Reuters’ sources who are familiar with the matter. Two of the sources said that the attacks took place over the last several months, hitting targets eithe...

Pegasus Spyware Reportedly Hacked iPhones of U.S. State Department and Diplomats

Apple reportedly notified several U.S. Embassy and State Department employees that their iPhones may have been targeted by an unknown assailant using state-sponsored spyware created by the controversial Israeli company NSO Group, according to multiple reports from Reuters and The Washington Post...

Finland Faces Blizzard of Flubot-Spreading Text Messages

The Flubot banking trojan is blanketing Finland, spreading via Android phones that are sending millions of malicious text messages. On Friday, the National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-FI at the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency posted a “severe” alert about the malware blizzard, which it...

Apple releases emergency update: Patch, but don’t panic

Spyware developed by the company NSO Group is back in the news today after Apple released an emergency fix for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches. The update fixes a vulnerability silently exploited by software called Pegasus, which is often used in high-level surveillance campaigns by...

Apple’s neuralMatch tool will scan iPhones for child abuse content

By Deeba Ahmed Apple has developed a system dubbed neuralMatch to located child sexual abuse material/CSAM, and for now, it will scan US customers' devices. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apples neuralMatch tool will scan iPhones for child abuse content...

SolarWinds hackers exploited iOS 0-day to compromise iPhones

By Deeba Ahmed According to Google, SolarWinds hackers exploited an iOS 0-day vulnerability to hack iPhones and made millions from targeting phones worldwide. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SolarWinds hackers exploited iOS 0-day to compromise iPhones...

Using iPhones and AirTags to sneak data out of air-gapped networks

Someone has found an extraordinary way to exfiltrate data by piggybacking data on the backs of unsuspecting iPhones. Say what? A researcher has found out that it is possible to upload arbitrary data from non-internet-connected devices by sending Bluetooth Low Energy BLE broadcasts to nearby Apple...

Apple Execs Chose to Keep a Hack of 128 Million iPhones Quiet

Emails from the Epic Games lawsuit show Apple brass discussing how to handle a 2015 iOS hack. The company never directly notified affected users...

Research claims Google Pixel phones share 20 times more data than iPhones

If youre an Android phone user, now might be a good time to invest in a good pair of ear plugs. Fans of iPhones arent known for being shy when it comes to telling Android users that Apple products are superior, and things may be about to get worse, thanks to a new research paper pdf. Researchers ...

Court docs show FBI can unlock iPhones, access Signal messages

By Waqas Court documents have revealed the FBI has specific tools that allow the bureau to access private Signal messages even on locked iPhones. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Court docs show FBI can unlock iPhones, access Signal messages...

iPhones of 36 Al Jazeera journalists hacked with NSO’s zero-click spyware

By Deeba Ahmed Citizen Lab researchers claim the spyware was delivered silently through iMessage. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: iPhones of 36 Al Jazeera journalists hacked with NSOs zero-click spyware...

iPhones of 36 Journalists Hacked Using iMessage Zero-Click Exploit

Three dozen journalists working for Al Jazeera had their iPhones stealthily compromised via a zero-click exploit to install spyware as part of a Middle East cyberespionage campaign. In a new report published yesterday by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, researchers said personal phones of 36...

Apple Security Research Device Program Draws Mixed Reactions

Apple’s long anticipated Security Research Device program has launched, giving select security researchers access to testable iPhones that will make it easier for them to find iOS vulnerabilities. The program offers security researchers specially configured iPhones with shell access, and special...

PT-2020-20801 · Apple · Macos Catalina +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: iOS versions prior to 13.5 iPadOS versions prior to 13.5 macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.5 Description: A double free issue was addressed with improved memory management. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system...