NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 24: People shop at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store during the launch of Apple’s new iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini on September 24, 2021. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Likely state-based hackers infected Hong Kong websites to spy on Apple users, Google says Apple released a patch on Sept. 23. Nov 12, 2021 By Tim Starks
Pyongyang, North Korea (Pixabay) What’s new for North Korean hackers? Kaspersky says they’re polishing tools, finding new targets North Korean government-linked hackers have been aggressively deploying a multi-stage malware framework for two years in a ploy to expand their target sets, according to Kaspersky. Jul 22, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
One vulnerability, which could make it possible for attackers or malware to escalate their privileges to complete control of the machine, takes advantage of use of an insecure API. (Image Courtesy of Zoom) Zoom vulnerabilities could give attackers webcam, microphone access Fret not: Attackers would need physical access to your computer to exploit the flaws. Apr 1, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
Apple patches bug that let hackers jailbreak iOS 12.4 It is rare for there to be a public jailbreak for the latest iOS. Aug 26, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Jun Seita / Flickr) Sen. Rubio wants answers from Apple on privacy-violating app The Florida Republican wrote to Apple demanding answers on why it reportedly took the tech giant weeks to address security issues in a popular app. Sep 19, 2018 By Sean Lyngaas
Adware Doctor is one of most popular paid apps in the Mac App Store. (Pexels) Popular Mac app grabs your browser history and sends it to China An app that is among the top selling paid apps in the Mac App Store is messing with people's data. Sep 7, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill