Apple announces a “major evolution” of the Apple Security Bounty program, doubling its top award to $2M for exploit chains that could be abused for spyware
$2M Top Payout Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada : Apple Doubles Security Bounty Rewards to $2 Million Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Apple now offers $2 million for zero-click RCE vulnerabilities Ti...
Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to ask Apple to remove the app
Here's What We Know ABC Columbia : Apple removes ICE tracking apps Joe Sommerlad / The Independent : Apple pulls ICE tracking apps after pressure from the White House thesun.my : Apple pulls immigrati...
Amid the Salt Typhoon hacks, US officials recommend that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers
Stop Sending Texts Jonny Evans / Computerworld : The FBI now says encryption is good for you — Apple has been battling to maintain encryption for a decade. Cynthia B Brumfield / Metacurity : Feds Pu...
Researchers detail GAZEploit, a now-fixed Vision Pro vulnerability allowing hackers to determine which key a user is typing based on the user's eye movement
With the “GAZEploit” attack, researchers found they could predict what somebody … Alap Naik Desai / Android Headlines : Apple Vision Pro eye-tracking used to expose text input Ben Werdmuller / Werd I/...
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing
if you're paying with iPhone Hamish McKenzie / On Substack : The price of payments — Today, Patreon is in the unenviable position of explaining to creators … Ashley King / Digital Music News : The ‘...
Microsoft says it cannot wall off its OS due to a 2009 deal with the EC to give security software makers the same level of access to Windows that Microsoft gets
Global outage on Windows machines caused by CrowdStrike highlights Microsoft's security challengesMore:AppleInsider,The Register,Tom's Hardware,9to5Mac,Stratechery,Neowin,TechRadar,MSPoweruser,iThinkD...
AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers
Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incidents. On April 19, 2024, AT&T Inc. … AT&T : AT&T Addresses Illegal Download of Customer Data CNN : Nearly all AT&T cell customers' call and text records exposed ...
Apple says that users' deleted photos that resurfaced after installing iOS 17.5 weren't synced to iCloud Photos and could have persisted after restoring backups
what you need to know MacDailyNews : This is why deleted iPhone photos returned to some iOS 17.5 users David Phelan / Forbes : iOS 17.5.1 iPhone Photos Bug: Apple Reveals What Happened Rajesh Pandey /...
Apple releases iOS 17.5.1 and iPadOS 17.5.1, saying the bug that let some deleted photos reappear has now been fixed
even on devices you no longer own Richard Priday / Tom's Guide : Update your iPhone now — Apple just fixed this potentially embarrassing Photos bug Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie : iOS 17.5.1 update fixes ...
Some iPhone owners say the iOS 17.5 update, which Apple released on May 13, is resurfacing photos they had deleted; iOS beta testers pointed to the same bug
Concern As iPhone Users Report Deleted Photos Are Reappearing Ali Salman / Wccftech : A Strange Bug in iOS 17.5 Is Causing Old Photos To Reappear That Were Deleted Years Ago José Adorno / BGR : Major ...