The lack of repairability of Apple products – I no longer buy Airpods as they are expensive e-waste – was always an issue for us. This was outweighed by the reassurance offered by Apple with its “walled garden” app store and the security features built into the devices. Although neither …
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issues security advisories for Apple and Samba
The notice for Apple covers: iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16 macOS Big Sur 11.7.1 macOS Monterey 12.6.1 macOS Ventura 13 Safari 16.1 tvOS 16.1 watchOS 9.1 Apple Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products | CISA Samba is software that allows Windows devices to communicate with Linux and Unix devices. Samba …
CISA adds seven vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
There are only six in this post – covering multiple Cisco and GIGABYTE products, but if you check the database this is also an alert for an Apple iOS and iPadOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability: CISA Adds Six Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog | CISA
Apple patching everything
Sans Internet Storm Diary has a good round-up of the latest Apple software/OS updates and patches: Apple Patches Everything: October 2022 Edition – SANS Internet Storm Center These updates should happen automatically, but it is your responsibility to make sure they actually happen – so check.
Check your Apple device is patched
Apple has pushed out a number of security patches for iPhones, iPads and Macs: About the security content of iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7 – Apple Support This is the eight zero-day vulnerability for Apple devices patched so far this year. They should happen automatically – but I always check, …
