Collaborate Disseminate
White-hat hackers using never-before-seen zero days against popular applications and devices against competed at two-day gathering in Chengdu. Continue reading Tianfu Cup Round-Up: Safari, Chrome, D-Link Routers and Office 365 Successfully Hacked
A threat campaign active since January customizes long-used droppers to infect victim machines and lift credentials and other data from browsers, according to Cisco Talos. Continue reading Stealthy Malware Flies Under AV Radar with Advanced Obfuscation
Apple has updated its privacy pages on Wednesday and shared three new white papers and tech briefs on how Safari, Location Services, and Sign in with Apple protect user privacy. The changes Apple does not provide access to its products’ source co… Continue reading Apple details new Safari, Location Services, Sign in with Apple privacy features
Apple was quick to allay user concerns this weekend after someone spotted that it was working with Chinese company Tencent to check its users’ website requests for malicious URLs. Continue reading Apple says Tencent isn’t snooping on your browsing habits
The company acknowledged it’s using ‘safe browsing’ technology from Tencent, which has ties to the Chinese government. Continue reading Apple Shares Some Browsing History with Chinese Company
The eGobbler malvertising threat actor has made a return, this time exploiting a WebKit vulnerability used primarily by iPhone’s Safari browser. Security researchers from Confiant estimate up to 1.16 billion impressions have been compromised sinc… Continue reading eGobbler infects more than 1 billion ads in worldwide campaign
A UK class action lawsuit against Google, that represents around 5 million iPhone users, can go ahead, according to the UK Court of Appeal. Continue reading £3 billion Safari iPhone privacy lawsuit given go-ahead
Apple has turned off the ability for adblocking companies to use their own blocking mechanisms in Safari. Continue reading Apple restricts adblocking extensions
sharkbiter shares a report from ZDNet: Over the course of the last year and a half, Apple has effectively neutered ad blockers in Safari, something that Google has been heavily criticized all this year. But unlike Google, Apple never received any flak,… Continue reading Apple Neutered Ad Blockers In Safari, But Unlike Chrome, Users Didn’t Say a Thing
I have read that many iOS exploits target the Safari browser. Would using another browser on my iOS device be safer? Does Safari being a system app give it more access to the OS than a third party browser that I install thro… Continue reading Is using a third party browser in iOS more secure than Safari?