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 …
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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Your smartphone and updates
In most cases we all spend quite a bit money on our phones – Diana will tell you I spend too much! But whatever we spend, we all have an expectation of them lasting a number of years. However, when is a smartphone worn out? When the battery is no …
I know it’s not Friday…
…but as Apple launches a new range of iPhones, I had to bring you this from Randall Munroe: xkcd: xkcd Phone Flip I particularly like “break glass for apps” and “bending phone activates chemical flashlight”. There will be a tactile “Because It’s Friday” tomorrow. Photo by Cristhian David Duarte
Apple devices are not immune
I often write about the cyber security risk of Android apps – this is not an app issue but a iMessage phishing (smishing!) attack. USPS Phishing Scam Targeting iOS Users – SANS Internet Storm Center If the message was opened on a Mac, the anti-phishing protection redirects to the legitimate …
