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Apple warns another wave of iPhone users they are being targeted by spyware-for-hire
The company sent a fresh round of high-confidence alerts on 13 August, the latest in a program that has quietly notified targets in more than 150 countries since 2021.
AI-Generated Junk Is Clogging Apple's Bug Bounty, Ports Got Hit, and Wall Street Had a Bad Week Online
Three quieter stories from the past week: why Apple's security researchers are drowning in AI noise, how North Carolina ports came under digital attack, and a phishing email that opened a door into Wall Street.
Microsoft and Apple Rush Out Patches for Flaws That Let Attackers In Without a Password
Several of the Microsoft bugs score a perfect 10 out of 10 for severity. Apple quietly fixed a flaw that lets someone access your screen without logging in.
Apple Takes UK Government Back to Court Over Demand to Read Encrypted User Data
Apple has filed a second legal challenge against a British government order requiring access to data so heavily protected that even Apple cannot read it. The case could decide whether end-to-end encryption survives as a meaningful privacy tool in the UK.
iCloud Private Relay Has a Leak: Researchers Show How Safari's Privacy Shield Can Spill Real IPs
A flaw in how Apple's WebKit handles certain web requests lets sites see the IP address Private Relay was meant to hide.
Apple Pushes Fixes for Hundreds of Security Flaws Across iPhones, Macs, and More
The latest software updates cover 87 flaws in iOS and 155 in macOS Tahoe, including one that lets a remote attacker corrupt the core of the operating system.
Apple sued after fake Sparrow Wallet app on App Store drains $1.8M in Bitcoin
Three users say a counterfeit crypto wallet, promoted in App Store collections, tricked them into handing over the secret recovery phrases that guard their coins.
AI Agents Are Breaking the Security Promises of Confidential Computing
A technology built to keep sensitive data locked away is running into a problem it was never designed for: AI assistants that cannot forget what they have read.
Apple Patches Year-Old Hide My Email Bug That Leaked Real Addresses
A flaw in Apple's email-cloaking feature let real addresses appear in mail logs. The fix took over a year to ship.
Australia Logged 2,000 Sextortion Complaints in Six Months. Big Tech Still Isn't Scanning for the Scripts.
Australia's online safety watchdog says the same blackmail messages keep showing up across platforms, and most major tech companies still aren't using the detection tools that already exist.
Tech Giants Failing to Stop Online Sexual Extortion of Young Men, Australian Regulator Warns
Australia's online safety watchdog reviewed Apple, Meta, Google and others and found serious gaps in how they handle child exploitation and 'sextortion' complaints, even as reports keep climbing.
CrashStealer: the new Mac malware that slips past Apple's own safety checks
Researchers at Jamf Threat Labs say the C++-based stealer used an Apple-notarised installer to bypass Gatekeeper and grab passwords, browser data and crypto wallets from macOS users.
Apple Shifts Security Update Strategy Amid AI-Driven Cyber Threats
Apple now releases security patches more frequently to tackle the growing threats posed by AI-enhanced cyberattacks.
Apple Pushes Emergency Fixes for Two Flaws Already Being Used to Attack iPhones and Macs
Two previously unknown security holes — one in the heart of Apple's operating system, one in its browser engine — are being actively exploited. Every iPhone, iPad, and Mac owner should update today.
Apple Ships Multi-Component Patch Round Covering iOS, macOS, and Safari
Fixes land for WebKit, the kernel, WebRTC, and Web Extensions — touching every major Apple platform in a single release cycle.