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A severe programming bug has been found in APFS file system for macOS High Sierra operating system that exposes passwords of encrypted external drives in plain text.
Introduced two years ago, APFS (Apple File System) is an optimized file system for fl… Continue reading Apple macOS Bug Reveals Passwords for APFS Encrypted Volumes in Plaintext
A severe programming bug has been found in APFS file system for macOS High Sierra operating system that exposes passwords of encrypted external drives in plain text.
Introduced two years ago, APFS (Apple File System) is an optimized file system for fl… Continue reading Apple macOS Bug Reveals Passwords for APFS Encrypted Volumes in Plaintext
A severe programming bug has been found in APFS file system for macOS High Sierra operating system that exposes passwords of encrypted external drives in plain text.
Introduced two years ago, APFS (Apple File System) is an optimized file system for fl… Continue reading Apple macOS Bug Reveals Passwords for APFS Encrypted Volumes in Plaintext
Apple has released security updates for its many popular products, and has finally plugged the recently unveiled WPA2 flaws that allow attackers to extract sensitive information from Wi-Fi traffic. Fixes for preventing a KRACK attack being leveraged against users have been included in the updates for all of Apple’s Wi-Fi enabled devices: Macs, iPhones and iPads, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Other plugged flaws of note A glut of vulnerabilities in WebKit, Apple’s layout engine … More → Continue reading Apple protects its Wi-Fi enabled devices from KRACK attack
A severe programming error has been discovered in Apple’s latest macOS High Sierra 10.13 that exposes passwords of encrypted Apple File System (APFS) volumes in plain text.
Reported by Matheus Mariano, a Brazilian software developer, the vulnerability affects encrypted volumes using APFS wherein the password hint section is showing the actual password in the plain text.
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Continue reading Apple macOS High Sierra Bug Exposes Passwords of Encrypted APFS Volumes As Hint
On Monday, Apple released updates for its various products. As usual, they fix flaws and add capabilities, but the iOS update (v10.3) is more noteworthy than usual, as it will make all updated iDevices switch to a new file system. It’s called Apple File System (APFS). APFS is engineered with encryption as a primary feature (it has native encryption support), and is optimized for Flash/SSD storage (the HFS+ file system these devices used until now … More → Continue reading With iOS 10.3, iDevices get new Apple File System with native encryption support