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 …
Does the Apple Private Wi-Fi work at last?
One of the fixes supplied in last week’s Apple iOS update was to finally fix the Private Wi-Fi Address function. This option spoofs the devices MAC on each Wi-Fi network it joins and obscures the user’s identity. The MAC is usually the same on every network any device joins and …
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iOS and macOS cough up your passwords…
Researchers have created a lightweight, practical method of forcing Apple’s flagship operating systems to give up any passwords stored in them. Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more | Ars Technica The attack called iLeakage is only an experiment and an academic paper at …
Apple Patches
It is not Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday but Apple’s Patch Everything Day. IN among the security ifs and maybes is a xero-day patch that is being actively exploited. Apple security releases – Apple Support These patches are for: Get the patches done and check everyone in your organisation is getting them …
Apple patches older devices against possible zero-day attacks
Apple has already issued patches for these vulnerabilities for newer devices and versions of their operating systems – now they reaching back to older devices. The patches apply to iOS and iPadOS 16.6 and later on iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 3rd generation and later, …
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