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Tag: CVE-2017-13872

Apple is struggling to stop a ‘skeleton key’ hack on home Wi-Fi

Thursday, April 26, 2018 10:05 amThursday, April 26, 201817 Comments

Even with all Apple’s expertise and investment in cybersecurity, there are some security problems that are so intractable…

Apple needs more than HomePod to play in smart home

Thursday, April 5, 2018 5:01 pmThursday, April 5, 20189 Comments

When Apple announced in 2014 that it was creating the HomeKit for iOS devices…

How Apple’s HomeKit broke my digital heart

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 5:00 pmTuesday, April 3, 201823 Comments

When Apple first announced HomeKit in 2014 I hoped it would be the unifying platform…

How Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard became synonymous with reliability

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 5:32 pmWednesday, January 31, 201840 Comments

Following the news that Apple had refocused their plans for iOS 12 around stability and performance…

Apple’s iOS 12 could finally fix systemic frame rate issues and interface inconsistencies

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 4:56 pmTuesday, January 30, 201817 Comments

Today’s news about Apple putting new features on the back burner for iOS 12 means that the company…

macOS update paranoia and when will Apple’s APFS finally work on Fusion drives?

Thursday, January 25, 2018 1:01 pmThursday, January 25, 20187 Comments

Apple’s promised fix for the inability to convert a Fusion drive to the Apple File System (APFS) is MIA…

FBI forensic expert blasts Apple ‘jerks’ for encrypting iPhones

Thursday, January 11, 2018 12:01 pm31 Comments

Ever since Apple made encryption default on the iPhone, the FBI has been waging a war against encryption…

Yet another macOS High Sierra bug: Unlock App Store system preferences with any password; another one Apple should have caught

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 6:00 pm21 Comments

Less than two months ago, Apple users discovered a bug in macOS that allowed anyone…

At Tim Cook’s Apple, Steve Jobs is long gone, and so is the ‘it just works’ ethos

Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:16 amTuesday, December 19, 201783 Comments

Isn’t a caretaker CEO’s No.1 priority, you know, to take care?

macOS quality as measured by Apple’s update release rate

Friday, December 8, 2017 3:33 pm43 Comments

There’s a lot of chatter out there that High Sierra is potentially the worst macOS release ever…

Apple’s HomeKit security screwup spotlights the risk of smart homes

Friday, December 8, 2017 2:25 pmFriday, December 8, 201712 Comments

The latest iOS 11.2 update held a zero-day vulnerability attackers could exploit to control smart home devices, including connected locks…

Zero-day iOS HomeKit flaw allowed remote access to IoT devices including door locks, garage door openers; fix rolling out

Friday, December 8, 2017 8:59 amFriday, December 8, 20177 Comments

A HomeKit vulnerability in the current version of iOS 11.2 has been demonstrated…

Why are there so many macOS and iOS bugs?

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 4:15 pmTuesday, December 5, 201739 Comments

If you’ve been paying attention to the Apple-sphere recently, you might have noticed…

Updating to latest macOS 10.13.1 disables Apple’s ‘root’ bug patch; you’ll need to reinstall Apple’s root security fix

Saturday, December 2, 2017 10:14 amSaturday, December 2, 201761 Comments

It appears Apple’s quick fix for the recently discovered root user bug can be disabled…

Apple on Mac flaw: ‘We apologize to all Mac users. Our customers deserve better. We are auditing our development processes.’

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 2:53 pmThursday, November 30, 201721 Comments

Apple Inc said on Wednesday it would review its software development processes…

Apple releases fix for macOS High Sierra administrator authentication bypass flaw

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 12:32 pm30 Comments

Apple today released Security Update 2017-001 macOS High Sierra v10.13.1 which…

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