Although this series of cyber-attacks is closely associated with the Ukraine/Russia conflict you should expect to see other cyber criminals adopting similar tactics: Ukraine Themed Twitter Spam Pushing iOS Scareware – SANS Internet Storm Centre This article by Johannes Ullrich shows the web of accounts that threat actors weave across …
Can Apple identify us from “anonymous” data?
Apple declares that sharing device usage information with them is anonymous, but researchers are claiming this is not true and Apple can associate actual iCloud users to this shared information. Apple Device Analytics Contain Identifying iCloud User Data, Claim Security Researchers – MacRumors Would Apple do this? They are already …
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CISA Apple Updates
Here is the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) notice on the Apple updates – which we have highlight here on Smart Thinking. Apple Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products | CISA Time to patch everything Apple – UPDATED 18 May 2022 – Smart Thinking Solutions
Time to patch everything Apple – UPDATED 18 May 2022
The list of patches is at SANS, check your cyber security organisation information to see how this impacts you and fix it. The iPod Touch is still being supported in updates – but you would expect that from Apple. Apple Patches Everything – SANS Internet Storm Centre iOS 15.5 and …
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Because It’s Friday – The End of an Era
The iPod is no more… Twenty-one years after Steve Jobs announced the iconic product to the world, this week Apple announced it was discontunuing production of the current model – the iPod Touch – with no plans to replace it. The iPod was to revolutionise how we consumed music and …
Over at Octagon Technology – In the wild right now a phishing text message scam caught by one of the team
Martin, the Operations manager at Octagon has written about a social engineering, phishing scam that was sent to him by a text message. Omicron Scam – Octagon Technology Have a look – you could get the same message! I also write for the Octagon blog (of course). Earlier in the …
Make sure your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are up-to-date
There was a quick release of an iOS update by Apple at the end of last week, to address a vulnerability in the web browsing software that impacts all browsers on these devices. iOS users: Patch now to avoid falling prey to this WebKit vulnerability | TechRepublic Apple issues emergency …
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