How Just Visiting A Site Could Have Hacked Your iPhone or MacBook Camera

If you use Apple iPhone or MacBook, here we have a piece of alarming news for you.

Turns out merely visiting a website — not just malicious but also legitimate sites unknowingly loading malicious ads as well — using Safari browser could have let remot… Continue reading How Just Visiting A Site Could Have Hacked Your iPhone or MacBook Camera

Hackers Used Local News Sites to Install Spyware On iPhones

A newly discovered watering-hole campaign is targeting Apple iPhone users in Hong Kong by using malicious website links as a lure to install spyware on the devices.

According to research published by Trend Micro and Kaspersky, the “Operation Poisoned … Continue reading Hackers Used Local News Sites to Install Spyware On iPhones

New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS

Cybersecurity researchers today revealed the existence of a new and previously undetected critical vulnerability in SIM cards that could allow remote attackers to compromise targeted mobile phones and spy on victims just by sending an SMS.

Dubbed “Sim… Continue reading New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS

Apple will now pay hackers up to $1 million for reporting vulnerabilities

Apple has just updated the rules of its bug bounty program by announcing a few major changes during a briefing at the annual Black Hat security conference yesterday.

One of the most attractive updates is…

Apple has enormously increased the maximum re… Continue reading Apple will now pay hackers up to $1 million for reporting vulnerabilities

Hackers Used Malicious MDM Solution to Spy On ‘Highly Targeted’ iPhone Users

Security researchers have uncovered a “highly targeted” mobile malware campaign that has been operating since August 2015 and found spying on 13 selected iPhones in India.

The attackers, who are also believed to be operating from India, were found abu… Continue reading Hackers Used Malicious MDM Solution to Spy On ‘Highly Targeted’ iPhone Users

Phone-Cracking Firm Found a Way to Unlock Any iPhone Model

Remember the infamous encryption fight between Apple and the FBI for unlocking an iPhone belonging to a terrorist behind the San Bernardino mass shooting that took place two years ago?

After Apple refused to help the feds access data on the locked iPh… Continue reading Phone-Cracking Firm Found a Way to Unlock Any iPhone Model

Judge: FBI Doesn’t Have to Reveal How It Unlocked iPhone Used by San Bernardino Terrorist

Remember the infamous encryption fight between the FBI and Apple for unlocking an iPhone belonging to terrorist Syed Farook behind the San Bernardino 2015 mass shooting that killed 14 people?

The same Apple vs. FBI case where Apple refused to help fed… Continue reading Judge: FBI Doesn’t Have to Reveal How It Unlocked iPhone Used by San Bernardino Terrorist

Wikileaks Reveals How CIA Was Hacking Your iPhones And MacBooks

As part of its “Vault 7” series, Wikileaks — the popular whistle-blowing platform — has just released another batch of classified documents focused on exploits and hacking techniques the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) designed to target Apple MacOS and iOS devices.

Dubbed “Dark Matter,” the leak uncovers macOS vulnerabilities and attack vectors developed by a special division of the CIA

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