Apple’s new tracking protection is “sabotage”, claims ad industry
The ad industry is not happy with Apple’s latest move to limit how we get tracked around the web. Continue reading Apple’s new tracking protection is “sabotage”, claims ad industry
Category Archives: Apple Safari
When is a bug not a bug? When Microsoft say’s ‘it’s a feature’
A researcher who notified Microsoft that he’d found a vulnerability has been told by ‘a middleman’ that its severity is low Continue reading When is a bug not a bug? When Microsoft say’s ‘it’s a feature’
How to remove all your cookies, cached data, and browsing history from Safari
David Bisson explains how Safari users can clear their caches, browsing history, and cookies for better privacy.
Continue reading How to remove all your cookies, cached data, and browsing history from Safari
Phone Hack Uses Sensors To Steal PINs
University researchers created a browser-based JavaScript that leverages a phone’s smart device sensor data to steal PINs. Continue reading Phone Hack Uses Sensors To Steal PINs
Scareware scammers lock iOS Safari to extort ransom from users
Extortionists have locked iPhone users’ browsers with infinite pop-ups in an attempt to scare users into paying up.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Scareware scammers lock iOS Safari to extort ransom from users
Hackers Take Down Reader, Safari, Edge, Ubuntu Linux at Pwn2Own 2017
On the first day of Pwn2Own 2017 hackers poked holes in Adobe Reader, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Ubuntu Linux. Continue reading Hackers Take Down Reader, Safari, Edge, Ubuntu Linux at Pwn2Own 2017
Apple iCloud didn’t wipe ‘deleted’ browser histories for over a year
Researchers discovered it was possible to extract users’ Safari browsing history over a year after the user believed that they had deleted their browsing history.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Apple iCloud didn’t wipe ‘deleted’ browser histories for over a year
Apple iCloud didn’t wipe ‘deleted’ browser histories for over a year
Researchers discovered it was possible to extract users’ Safari browsing history over a year after the user believed that they had deleted their browsing history.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Apple iCloud didn’t wipe ‘deleted’ browser histories for over a year
It’s the final countdown for SHA-1 SSL certificates
Apple, Microsoft, Google and Mozilla finally set roadmaps for deprecating venerable but outdated SHA-1 certificates Continue reading It’s the final countdown for SHA-1 SSL certificates
Apple Patches iOS Flaw Exploitable by Malicious JPEG
Apple on Monday rolled out dozens of patches for nearly all of its recently released Sierra operating systems, OS X, iOS 10.1, watchOS, and Apple TV’s tvOS, along with fixes for Safari. Continue reading Apple Patches iOS Flaw Exploitable by Malicious JPEG