“With the release of OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6 and Security Update 2016-004 for Macs and iOS 9.3.3 for iPhones and iPads, Apple has patched up a bug on FaceTime that allows attackers to eavesdrop on the conversations of their targets,” Aaron Mamiit reports for Tech Times.
“FaceTime’s vulnerability allowed attackers to maintain an audio connection in what appeared to be an ended call on the communication feature,” Mamiit reports. “It was not specified whether the vulnerability was found on both video calls and audio calls initiated through FaceTime, or if it was limited only to one of the formats.”
“According to Apple, the bug was caused by inconsistencies that were present in the user interface for handling relayed calls,” Mamiit reports. “The vulnerability was patched through an improvement applied to the display logic of the communication feature.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: A lot of buttoning up across the Apple universe happened yesterday! If you haven’t updated your devices to the latest operating system, do so ASAP!
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Apple fixes OS X, iOS, Safari vulnerabilities – July 19, 2016
Apple releases OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 – July 18, 2016
Apple releases iOS 9.3.3 – July 18, 2016
Do not know which update fixed the problem (tvOS, iOS and MacOS all got updated), but my El Gato Eve Homekit away access finally works.
I had set everything up precisely as both Apple and El Gato described, but it would not work away from the local Bluetooth signal. Now it works as advertised.
This was a nice surprise as I was just aboit to give up hope that Apple would fix HomeKit.
I hope it also fixes the problem with Facetime video!!
My friend was on a FaceTime video call with someone and a hacker appeared out of nowhere mocking them on the video call !
If this security issue remains unresolved, I won’t be using FaceTime for quite a while!