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Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2021
Apple fixes CVE-2021-1844 RCE that affects iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari

Apple released out-of-band patches to address a remote code execution, tracked as CVE-2021-1844, that affect iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser. Apple has released out-of-band security patches to address a critical iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser to address a security flaw tracked as CVE-2021-1844. The vulnerability was discovered by Clément Lecigne of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2021
Pwn20wnd released the unc0ver v 6.0 jailbreaking tool

The popular jailbreaking tool called “unc0ver” now supports iOS 14.3 and earlier releases, and is able to unlock almost every iPhone device. Pwn20wnd, the author of the jailbreaking tool “unc0ver,” has updated their software to support iOS 14.3 and earlier releases. The last release of the jailbreaking tool, unc0ver v6.0.0, now includes the exploit code […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2021
Silver Sparrow, a new malware infects Mac systems using Apple M1 chip

Experts warn of new malware, dubbed Silver Sparrow, that is infecting Mac systems using the latest Apple M1 chip across the world. Malware researchers at Red Canary uncovered a new malware, dubbed Silver Sparrow, that is infecting Mac systems using the latest Apple M1 chip across the world. According to data shared by Malwarebytes, as […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2021
Experts spotted the first malware tailored for Apple M1 Chip, it is just the beginning

Apple launched its M1 chip and cybercriminals developed a malware sample specifically for it, the latest generation of Macs are their next targets. The popular security researcher Patrick Wardle discovered one of the first malware designed to target latest generation of Apple devices using the company M1 chip. The discovery suggests threat actors are tailoring […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2021
Apple paid a $50,000 bounty to two bug bounty hunters for hacking its hosts

A duo of white hat hackers claims to have earned $50,000 from Apple for reporting serious flaws that allowed them to company’s servers. The Indian white hat hackers Harsh Jaiswal and Rahul Maini claim to have discovered multiple flaws that allowed them to access Apple servers. The duo started focusing on Apple’s infrastructure in an […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2020
Apple addressed multiple code execution flaws in iOS and iPadOS

Apple addressed this week serious code execution vulnerabilities that affect its iOS and iPadOS mobile operating systems. Apple released security updates to fix multiple severe code execution vulnerabilities in its iOS and iPadOS mobile operating systems. The IT giant released iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 version to address eleven security vulnerabilities, including code execution flaws. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2020
Researchers received $288,500 for 32 out of 55 issues reported to Apple

Researchers received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bug bounties for reporting 55 vulnerabilities as part of the Apple bug bounty program. A team of researchers composed of Sam Curry, Brett Buerhaus, Ben Sadeghipour, Samuel Erb and Tanner Barnes reported a total of 55 flaws to Apple as part of the company bug bounty program. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2020
Apple addresses four vulnerabilities in macOS

Apple this week released security updates to address a total of four vulnerabilities affecting macOS Catalina, High Sierra and Mojave. Apple on Thursday announced to have patched four vulnerabilities affecting macOS Catalina, High Sierra and Mojave. “This document describes the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave.” […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2020
Apple fixes CVE-2020-9859 zero-day used in recent Unc0ver jailbreak

This week Apple released security patches to address the CVE-2020-9859 zero-day vulnerability that had been used to jailbreak iPhones devices. Apple released security patches to address the CVE-2020-9859 zero-day vulnerability in the iOS kernel that had been used to jailbreak iPhones. The flaw was discovered by a team of cyber-security researchers and hackers that also […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2020
Expert earns $100,000 for ‘Sign in with Apple’ authentication bypass bug

The expert Bhavuk Jain received an award of $100,000 for reporting a severe security issue in ‘Sign in with Apple’ authentication bypass bug that could allow the takeover of third-party user accounts.  The bug hunter Bhavuk Jain received an award of $100,000 by Apple, as part of its bug bounty program, for reporting a severe […]