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Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2018
A malware paralyzed TSMC plants where also Apple produces its devices

A virus has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) factories on Friday night, the plants where Apple produces its devices A malware has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) factories on Friday night, the iPhone chipmaker plans. TSMC is the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of chips for tech giants, including Apple […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2018
Mobile Malware Campaign targets users in India through rogue MDM service

Talos Team have uncovered a “highly targeted” campaign leveraging a mobile malware distributed through a bogus MDM service Security experts from Talos Team have uncovered a “highly targeted” campaign leveraging a mobile malware that has been active at least since August 2015. The researchers believe that cyberspies are operating from China and they found spying […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2018
Just using a $39 device it is possible to defeat new iOS USB Restricted Mode

Once USB Restricted Mode is enabled on a device, no data communications occur over the Lightning port, but experts found a way to reset the countdown timer. Recently Apple released the iOS 11.4.1 that introduced a new security feature, dubbed USB Restricted Mode, designed to protect your devices against USB accessories used by forensics experts and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2018
A hacker devised a method to unlock any iPhone and iPad device

A security researcher has devised a method to brute force a passcode on every Apple iPhone or iPad, even the up-to-date ones. Since iOS 8 rolled out in 2014, iPhone and iPad devices are protected with encryption, without providing passcode it is quite impossible to unlock the device. If the user enters more than 10 times […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2018
Apple USB Restricted Mode feature will make hard for law enforcement to crack devices

Apple introduced a new feature in the latest beta versions of iOS, dubbed USB Restricted Mode, to improve the security of a locked device, Apple is implementing a new feature dubbed USB Restricted Mode to improve the security of its device, it is going to lock down the iPhone’s data port to avoid unauthorized access, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2018
Project Kalamata – Apple will replace Intel processors in Macs with its custom designed chips

In the wake of the discovery of severe flaws in Intel chips, so-called Meltdown andSpectre vulnerabilities, Apple announced it plans to use custom-designed ARM chips in Mac computers starting as early as 2020. The move aims to replace the Intel processors running on its desktop and laptop systems like done for its own A-series custom chips […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2018
Apple macOS issues reveal passwords for APFS encrypted volumes in plaintext

A security expert discovered severe security issues in APFS file system for macOS High Sierra that expose passwords of encrypted external drives in plain text. A vulnerability in APFS file system for macOS High Sierra operating system has been discovered by forensic analyst Sarah Edwards. According to Edwards, the flaw exposes passwords of encrypted external drives in plain text. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2018
A flaw in the iOS camera QR code URL parser could expose users to attacks

A vulnerability in the iOS Camera App could be exploited by hackers to redirect users to a malicious website, the issue affects the built-in QR code reader. The iOS Camera App is affected by a bug that could be exploited by hackers to redirect users to a malicious website, the issue resides in the built-in QR code […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2018
An APFS Filesystem flaw could lead macOS losing data under certain conditions

The Apple expert Mike Bombich discovered an APFS Filesystem vulnerability that could lead macOS losing data under certain conditions. A few days ago a ‘text bomb‘ bug was reported for Apple iOS and macOS apps, the issue can crash any Apple iPhone, iPad Or Mac. Now the Apple expert Mike Bombich discovered an APFS Filesystem vulnerability that could lead macOS […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2018
A new text bomb threatens Apple devices, a single character can crash any apple iPhone, iPad Or Mac

Researchers discovered a new dangerous text bomb that crashes Apple devices, only a single character of the Indian Telugu language could create the chaos. A new ‘text bomb’ threatens Apple devices, just a single character of the Indian alphabet (precisely the Telugu language, a Dravidian language spoken in India by about 70 million people) can crash your device […]