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 …

Apple patching everything

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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.

This time there is more of a security issue with iOS rather than Android

Usually when I am discussing smartphone app security, Apple iOS has an advantage over Android apps, because of it’s curated App store that stops (most) of the security issues from getting through to the end user’s devices. Now researchers have discovered Amazon Web Service credentials hard coded, by careless developers …