Apple

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2023
Apple fixes the first zero-day in iPhones and Macs this year

Apple has released emergency security updates to fix a new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability that impacts iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Apple has released emergency security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-23529, that impacts iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The flaw is a type confusion issue in WebKit that was addressed […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2023
Microsoft details techniques of Mac ransomware

Microsoft warns of different ransomware families (KeRanger, FileCoder, MacRansom, and EvilQuest) targeting Apple macOS systems. Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence team warns of four different ransomware families (KeRanger, FileCoder, MacRansom, and EvilQuest) that impact Apple macOS systems. The initial vector in attacks involving Mac ransomware typically relies on user-assisted methods, such as downloading and running fake […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2022
Microsoft shares details for a Gatekeeper Bypass bug in Apple macOS

Microsoft disclosed technical details of a vulnerability in Apple macOS that could be exploited by an attacker to bypass Gatekeeper. Microsoft has disclosed details of a now-fixed security vulnerability dubbed Achilles (CVE-2022-42821, CVSS score: 5.5) in Apple macOS that could be exploited by threat actors to bypass the Gatekeeper security feature. The Apple Gatekeeper is designed to protect […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2022
Apple fixed the tenth actively exploited zero-day this year

Apple rolled out security updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and Safari to fix a new actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2022-42856). Apple released security updates to address a new zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42856, that is actively exploited in attacks against iPhones. The flaw is the tenth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability since the start of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2022
Apple out-of-band patches fix remote code execution bugs in iOS and macOS

Apple released out-of-band patches for iOS and macOS to fix a couple of code execution vulnerabilities in the libxml2 library. Apple released out-of-band patches for iOS and macOS to address two code execution flaws, tracked as CVE-2022-40303 and CVE-2022-40304, in the libxml2 library for parsing XML documents. The two vulnerabilities were discovered by Google Project […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2022
SiriSpy flaw allows eavesdropping on users’ conversations with Siri

SiriSpy is a vulnerability affecting Apple iOS and macOS that allowed apps to eavesdrop on users’ conversations with Siri. SiriSpy is a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-32946, in Apple’s iOS and macOS that could have potentially allowed any app with access to Bluetooth to eavesdrop on conversations with Siri and audio. “An app may be […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2022
Apple fixed the ninth actively exploited zero-day this year

Apple released security updates that addressed the ninth zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in the wild since the start of the year.  Apple has addressed the ninth zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks in the wild since the start of the year. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42827, is an out-of-bounds write issue that can be exploited by an attacker to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2022
Apple fixed the eighth actively exploited zero-day this year

Apple has addressed the eighth zero-day vulnerability that is actively exploited in attacks against iPhones and Macs since January. Apple has released security updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-32917, which is actively exploited in attacks against iPhone and Mac devices. This is the eighth zero-day vulnerability fixed by the IT giant since […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2022
Scammers live-streamed on YouTube a fake Apple crypto event

Scammers live-streamed on YouTube an old interview with Tim Cook as part of a fake Apple crypto event, and tens of thousands of users viewed it. Cybercriminals were live-streaming on YouTube an old interview with Tim Cook as part of a fake Apple crypto event, and tens of thousands of users viewed it. The interview […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2022
Apple released patches for recently disclosed WebKit zero-day in older iPhones and iPads

Apple released new security updates for older iPhone and iPad devices addressing recently fixed WebKit zero-day. Apple has released new updates to backport patches released this month to older iPhone and iPad devices addressing the CVE-2022-32893 flaw. The CVE-2022-32893 flaw is an out-of-bounds issue that impacts WebKit. An attacker can trigger the flaw by tricking target devices into processing maliciously crafted web […]