Happy New Year. I am going to start the cyber news for 2024 with a story that broke between Christmas and the New Year – Apple iPhone hardware vulnerabilities. I am a great supporter of the Apple iPhone and the associated “walled garden” App store as a good cyber security …
Patch your Apple Stuff
Apple has released updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS. Even if you have automatic updates enabled it is always worth checking that the updates have completed – for the updates to work on some devices you need to have them on charge and on WiFi and if you …
CISA Security Patch Notices
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) site is one of the “go to places” for me and my team to keep up with vulnerabilities in our client’s software. Although aimed at the US Government and US users it is still really useful. Here is a round-up of …
Patch those Apple Devices
Apple has issued security patches across a range of its products to address a zero-day flaw in their WebKit browser engine, that is being actively exploited. About the security content of iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2 – Apple Support Get those patches done.
Who are you texting with?
This may seem to be a strange question but how can you be sure who is actually texting you? Your phone may show you that you are texting with your friend or company IT support but there are ways for hackers to spoof who they appear to be or even …
