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Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2021
Researcher hacked Apple AirTag two weeks after its launch

Apple AirTag has been launched less than two weeks ago, but a security researcher already claims to have hacked them.  The Apple AirTag has been available for just a couple of weeks and hacking community is already working on it to demonstrate that how to compromise it. “The German security researcher Stack Smashing tweeted today (via The 8-bit) that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2021
Apple was aware that XcodeGhost impacted 128 Million iOS Users in 2015

Court documents revealed that the infamous XcodeGhost malware, which has been active since 2015, infected 128 million iOS users. Documents provided in a court case that sees Epic Games v. Apple Inc. revealed that the XcodeGhost malware impacted 128 million iOS users. Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple in a California court over its violation of terms of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2021
Apple addresses three zero-day flaws in its WebKit browser engine

Apple has released security updates to patch three zero-days in the WebKit, the Apple’s browser engine, and fixed a zero-day exploited in the wild. Apple released security updates to address four zero-day vulnerabilities impacting WebKit, which is used by multiple products of the IT giant, including iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS. The WebKit browser engine is […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2021
REvil ransomware gang recommends that Apple buy back its data stolen in Quanta hack

The REvil ransomware operators are attempting to blackmail Apple after they has allegedly stolen product blueprints of the IT giant from its business partner. REvil ransomware gang is attempting to extort Apple ahead of the Apple Spring Loaded event threatening to sell stolen blueprints belonging to the IT giant that were stolen from Quanta Computer. Quanta […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2021
Apple released out-of-band updates for a new Zero‑Day actively exploited

Apple has released new out-of-band updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS to address another zero‑day flaw, tracked CVE-2021-1879, actively exploited. Apple has released a new set of out-of-band patches for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS to address a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-1879, that is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability resides […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2021
XcodeSpy Mac malware targets Xcode Developers with a backdoor

Unknown threat actors have been using a new XcodeSpy Mac malware to target software developers who use Apple’s Xcode integrated development environment. Researchers at SentinelOne uncovered a series of attacks involving a new XcodeSpy used to deliver a custom variant of a backdoor tracked as EggShell. The EggShell allows threat actors to spy on users, capture […]

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 ClĂ©ment 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 […]