Apple Reportedly Dropped Plan to Allow Encrypted iPhone Backups Following FBI Complaint

Apple had dropped plans to allow users to encrypt their iPhone backups on iCloud following complaints from the FBI.
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iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”. Continue reading iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

Dutch Politician Could Get Three Years in Prison for Hacking iCloud Accounts

Prosecution asks for imprisonment of the hacker who stole nude photos and other personal data from women’s iCloud accounts and then distributed some of the material online. Continue reading Dutch Politician Could Get Three Years in Prison for Hacking iCloud Accounts

iCloud account hacker jailed for three years after preying on rappers and sports celebrities

A man, who posed as an Apple customer support representative for three years, has been sentenced to federal prison after breaking into the accounts of rappers, as well as NBA and NFL players.
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US Customs and Border Protection Data Breach, Sign in with Apple, Leaked Facebook Emails

This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for June 17th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: the US Customs and Border Protection data breach, the new sign in with Apple button, and more leaked Facebook emails. Protect your dig… Continue reading US Customs and Border Protection Data Breach, Sign in with Apple, Leaked Facebook Emails

Apple is making corporate ‘BYOD’ programs less invasive to user privacy

When people bring their own devices to work or school, they don’t want I.T. administrators to manage the entire device. But until now, Apple only offered two ways for I.T. to manage its iOS devices: either device enrollments, which offered device-wide management capabilities to admins or those same device management capabilities combined with an automated […] Continue reading Apple is making corporate ‘BYOD’ programs less invasive to user privacy