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Tag: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

iPhone, iPad, and Mac added to U.S. Department of Homeland Security warning list

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 2:03 pm3 Comments

This week, Apple released crucial updates to its operating systems and Safari browser on iPhone, iPad, and Macs which address…

U.S. government asks Apple, Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and Twitter to ensure online platforms are not used to spur violence

Monday, June 29, 2020 8:54 am26 Comments

The U.S. government sent a letter to chief executives of five large tech companies — Apple, Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and Twitter to ensure online…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize counterfeit Apple AirPods

Friday, June 19, 2020 5:01 pmFriday, June 19, 20207 Comments

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a shipment from China containing 25 counterfeit “Apple AirPods” on June 1st…

U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Apply Apple’s security updates for AirPort 802.11n Wi-Fi base stations

Friday, June 21, 2019 12:00 pmFriday, June 21, 20194 Comments

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourage users and administrators to apply the necessary updates…

How to fully protect your Mac against Zombieland bug, and how badly the fix affects performance

Monday, May 20, 2019 1:40 pm9 Comments

Want to protect your Mac against the Zombieland (MDS) bug?

These Macs may be unable to be patched for future vulnerabilities similar to ‘ZombieLoad’

Thursday, May 16, 2019 12:44 pmMonday, May 20, 2019No Comments

Several pre-2011 Macs could still be vulnerable to ‘ZombieLoad’-like security exploits…

How to protect your Mac from Intel CPU’s Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities

Thursday, May 16, 2019 12:00 pmMonday, May 20, 20192 Comments

Intel has disclosed vulnerabilities called Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) that apply to desktop and notebook computers with Intel CPUs…

New secret-spilling flaw affects almost every Intel chip since 2011; Apple to release patches today

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 3:33 pmThursday, May 16, 20197 Comments

Security researchers have found a new class of vulnerabilities in Intel chips which…

Researchers reveal new ‘Spoiler’ vulnerability in all Intel Core processors

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 10:01 amWednesday, March 6, 20192 Comments

There is no software mitigation that can completely erase this problem…

Intel discloses new ‘Variant 3a’ and ‘Variant 4’ Spectre-like chip flaw vulnerabilities

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 9:45 am8 Comments

Intel has released “INTEL-SA-00115,” the latest information on Intel product security or lack thereof…

Germany calls on chip and hardware makers to tackle processor flaws

Friday, May 18, 2018 5:35 pmFriday, May 18, 20184 Comments

Germany’s federal cyber agency called on chip and hardware-makers to address new vulnerabilities discovered…

Apple releases Meltdown patches for older macOS versions

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 4:50 pmTuesday, January 23, 20188 Comments

Apple on Tuesday took the next step toward protecting Mac users from recently disclosed security vulnerabilities…

Benchmarked iPhone shows performance took a serious hit at every possible level after Spectre security patch

Friday, January 12, 2018 2:43 pmFriday, January 12, 201828 Comments

Apple released iOS 11.2.2 update to address Spectre security issues…

Intel’s Spectre patch is causing reboot problems

Friday, January 12, 2018 2:02 pmFriday, January 12, 20186 Comments

Intel is quietly advising some customers to hold off installing patches that address new security flaws affecting virtually all of its processors…

In wake of Spectre and Meltdown, Intel CEO offers open letter, looks to restore confidence in Intel CPU security

Thursday, January 11, 2018 6:47 pm8 Comments

Intel has posted the following open letter from CEO Brian Krzanich…

Intel’s CEO Brian Krzanich sold off the majority of his shares after finding out about the irreparable chip flaws

Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:27 pmThursday, January 4, 201824 Comments

A massive flaw in the way computer processors have been designed over the last two decades…

CERT: Only way to fix Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities is to replace CPU

Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:42 pmThursday, January 4, 201839 Comments

As word of the massive security flaw in computer processing units spread yesterday…

Newly discovered Samba vulnerability raises fears of another WannaCry

Thursday, May 25, 2017 1:29 pmThursday, May 25, 20175 Comments

A newly found flaw in widely used networking software leaves tens of thousands of computers…

Apple and Facebook helped bust the world’s biggest torrent site, KickassTorrents

Thursday, July 21, 2016 10:27 am11 Comments

When you’re the owner of the world’s biggest torrent-sharing site, the last thing you’d expect to land you…

U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Uninstall Apple’s QuickTime for Windows

Friday, April 15, 2016 3:30 pmFriday, April 15, 201624 Comments

The only mitigation available is to uninstall QuickTime for Windows…

Apple releases OS X bash Update 1.0 for OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion, and Lion

Monday, September 29, 2014 11:59 pmTuesday, September 30, 201437 Comments

Apple today released OS X bash Update 1.0 for OS X…

Two rather rare scenarios that can make OS X vulnerable to the Shellshock Bash bug

Monday, September 29, 2014 2:01 pm7 Comments

Shellshock is the nickname for a flaw in the Bourne Again Shell, or Bash…

Apple: Vast majority of OS X users safe from ‘Shellshock’ bash exploit, patch coming quickly for advanced Unix users

Friday, September 26, 2014 10:52 am10 Comments

The vast majority of OS X users are not at risk to recently reported bash vulnerabilities…

After hemorrhaging $23 billion in market value, Apple plays defense

Friday, September 26, 2014 9:20 amFriday, September 26, 201426 Comments

Apple Inc broke its silence…

Apple’s so-called ‘quality assurance’ manager responsible for iOS 8.0.1, was also responsible for Apple Maps

Thursday, September 25, 2014 8:41 pmThursday, September 25, 201443 Comments

Josh Williams, the mid-level manager overseeing quality assurance for Apple’s iOS, was also in charge of quality control for Apple Maps…

Apple customers expect better, much better; that’s why heads are likely to roll at Apple

Thursday, September 25, 2014 12:09 pmThursday, September 25, 201445 Comments

Tim Cook must be furious…

Apple short interest skyrockets; foul-ups and negative headlines could add to it

Thursday, September 25, 2014 11:27 am15 Comments

Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus became available for sale September 19th…

The Bash ‘Shellshock’ bug and workaround

Thursday, September 25, 2014 11:04 amThursday, September 25, 201432 Comments

A new vulnerability has been discovered in the bash shell…

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s banana skins: U2, ‘Bendygate’ and iOS 8.0.1

Thursday, September 25, 2014 10:29 amThursday, September 25, 201442 Comments

Tim Cook’s Apple watched helplessly as things have spun out of its grasp…

U.S. government warns of Bash flaw affecting Apple’s OS X, other Unix-based systems

Thursday, September 25, 2014 9:45 am26 Comments

A vulnerability in Mac OS X may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code…

Oracle releases Java Version 7 Update 11

Monday, January 14, 2013 11:51 amMonday, January 14, 20132 Comments

Oracle has released Java Version 7 Update 11 which corrects…

Oracle Corp to fix Java security flaw ‘shortly’

Saturday, January 12, 2013 5:30 pm23 Comments

Oracle Corp said it is preparing an update to address a flaw…

Apple blocks OS X Java 7 plug-in as U.S. Department of Homeland Security warns of zero day threat

Friday, January 11, 2013 2:39 pmFriday, January 11, 201315 Comments

A major security vulnerability in Java 7 has been discovered…

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