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Apple officially launches public bug bounty program with rewards up to $1.5 million
Apple has formally opened its bug bounty program today to all security researchers…
267 million Facebook user names and phone numbers exposed online
A database containing more than 267 million Facebook user IDs, phone numbers, and names was left exposed on the web for anyone…
Apple releases Apple platform security guide (fall 2019)
Apple designs security into the core of its platforms. Building on the experience of creating the worldʼs most advanced mobile operating system, Apple has created security architectures that address the unique requirements of mobile, watch, desktop, and home…
Exactly how out of it do Joe and Jane Sixpack have to be to trust Google more than Apple with personal data?
According to a survey commissioned by cryptographic solutions vendor nCipher, 89% of respondents agreed that encryption is important….
Inexplicably, Americans trust Google more than Apple to keep their data safe
A new survey suggests that Apple may still have some work to do to gain trust of the hoi polloi…
Airport, payment facial recognition systems fooled by masks and photos, Apple’s Face ID not fooled
Masks and simple photographs are enough to fool some facial recognition technology…
German law set to force Apple to grant banks, payment rival access to iPhone’s secure NFC chip
Banks and payment service rivals complain that Apple restricts access to iPhone’s secure NFC chip…
Apple used the DMCA to take down a tweet containing an iPhone encryption key, then had it re-posted
Security researchers are accusing Apple of abusing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to take down a viral tweet…
U.S. Senators threaten Apple and Facebook with mandated encryption backdoors
U.S. senators grilled Apple Inc and Facebook Inc executives over their encryption practices on Tuesday and threatened to regulate the technology unless…
FBI warns on Internet of Things
Last week we talked about smart TVs—and how that built-in Internet connection can allow manufacturers, streaming services, and even hackers an open door into your home….
Apple issues statement on iPhone 11 Pro’s location gathering
Apple has said that the iPhone 11 family is using location data to regulate Ultra Wideband emissions, but is not…
Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro discovered to still seek user location data despite settings
The iPhone 11 Pro apparently has a habit of behaving in a way its users have expressly forbidden…
Why Apple is trusted more than Google
Apple’s business model allows it to focus on prioritizing user privacy over selling ad targeting. Google gives away its software and collect data from users…
The chain of trust in Apple’s devices
A lot of computer security is based on trust. Your devices verify that you are, indeed, an authorized user, through the use…
Apple’s Face ID is highly secure
Apple introduced Face ID to unlock iPhones with the iPhone X, nearly three years back. But exactly how does Face ID work…
T-Mobile data breach affects over 1 million subscribers
T-Mobile has confirmed a data breach affecting more than a million of its customers, whose personal data was exposed…
GOP Senator Josh Hawley bill targets Apple ties to China
Hawley’s bill takes aim Apple and TikTok by prohibiting American companies from storing user data or encryption keys in China…
Toxic Hellstew: 146 new vulnerabilities all come preinstalled on Android phones
The vulnerabilities encompass everything from unauthorized audio recording to command execution to the ability to modify system properties and wireless settings…
Apple warns of security risks from German law to force open Apple Pay system to rivals
Apple said on Friday moves in Germany to force it to open up its Apple Pay mobile payments system…
Privacy and consumer advocates: U.S. should block Google’s acquisition of Fitbit
Google knows more about us than any other company, and it should not be allowed to add yet another way to track our every move…
Yet another reason not to buy a Fitbit: Google’s secret ‘Project Nightingale’ gathers personal health data on millions of Americans
Google is engaged in a secret project with one of the country’s largest health-care systems to collect and crunch the detailed personal health information of millions of Americans across 21 states…
Hundreds of thousands of Apple iPads will be used with smart AR security glasses
Security firm Sword is to begin a mass rollout of Vuzix smart glasses to be used in conjunction with iPads…
Why you should begin using ‘Sign in with Apple’
Most social sign-in services act a little like people-tracking honey pots…
Apple publishes new technical details on privacy features
Apple today published four new papers outlining technical details of how some of the privacy features in its most recent operating systems, apps, and services work…
Hackers unlock any smartphone using photographed fingerprints in just 20 minutes
In other words: fingerprint security sucks…
Adobe leaves 7.5 million Creative Cloud accounts exposed
Earlier this month, a serious security incident became apparent at Adobe that exposed the personal information of nearly 7.5 million users…
Apple’s iron-fisted control over the App Store is no longer sustainable
Apple is the only judge and jury regarding what’s acceptable in the App Store…
This is how and why Apple sends Safari user traffic to China’s Tencent
Apple has issued a statement today following a slew of misleading and poorly-researched media reports that were published over the weekend…
Apple under fire for sending web browsing data, including IP addresses, to China’s Tencent
For about two years, Apple has been sending data to Tencent as part of an iPhone and iPad security feature…
Security changes coming in macOS Catalina: what’s changed
Apple laid out its plans for the changes in macOS security coming in macOS 10.15 Catalina at WWDC in June. Since then, ten beta releases of Catalina have passed under the bridge, and quite a bit has changed…
iPhone users could get £750 from Google ‘illegal’ tracking of data, including race, health, politics and sexuality
Google siphoned personal data, including information on physical and mental heath, political affiliations, sexuality and sexual interests from iPhone users…
What ‘Sign in with Apple’ is and how it works
Apple in iOS 13 introduced a new Sign in with Apple feature, which is designed to let you create accounts for apps and websites using your Apple ID..
Apple’s iOS 13 privacy pop-ups to shine spotlight on creepy Facebook’s data grabs
Apple’s iOS 13, which will be generally released later this week, has already been spotted catching Facebook’s app trying to use Bluetooth to track nearby users…
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers from Facebook accounts leaked online
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online…
Apple’s revolutionary Apple Card
Apple announces a product or service. The naysayers immediately explain in obtuse detail why it won’t ever work. “How could Apple be so stupid to conceive of such a flop!” Then its revenue quickly becomes enough to qualify as a Fortune 500 company when valued on its own…
Tim Cook mourns the passing of ‘father of GDPR’ Giovanni Buttarelli
Apple CEO Tim Cook has written a piece for Italy’s most popular newspaper, Corriere della Sera, mourning the passing of Giovanni Buttarelli…
Apple Card comes with 3 different credit card numbers
You can use the Apple Card in three different ways: via Apple Pay, through the physical titanium card you can order after you’ve been approved for an Apple Card and accept the offer, and by providing a credit card number…
Mastercard: Apple Card delivers unique ‘enhanced security’ users will never see
The president of Mastercard’s North American operations says Apple’s new no-number, “digital first” credit card is bringing enhanced security to users…
Four major dating apps expose precise locations of 10 million users
Researchers Pen Test Partners say four popular mobile applications offering dating and meetup services have security flaws which allow for the precise location tracking of users….
Apple Notarization: Current Mac software installers might not run smoothly on macOS Catalina
Apple’s new notarization security requirement for macOS Catalina might mean that installers you have for pre-2019 software…
