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If you use Apple iPhone or MacBook, here we have a piece of alarming news for you.Turns out merely visiting a website — not just malicious but also legitimate sites unknowingly loading malicious ads as well — using Safari browser could have let remote attackers secretly access your device's camera, microphone, or location, and in some cases, saved passwords as well.Apple recently paid a $

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Hackers Used Local News Sites to Install Spyware On iPhones

March 27, 2020 Ravie Lakshmanan

A newly discovered watering-hole campaign is targeting Apple iPhone users in Hong Kong by using malicious website links as a lure to install spyware on the devices.According to research published by Trend Micro and Kaspersky, the "Operation Poisoned News" attack leverages a remote iOS exploit chain to deploy a feature-rich implant called 'LightSpy' through links to local news websites, which

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You Can Now Run Android on an iPhone With ‘Project Sandcastle’

March 5, 2020 Ravie Lakshmanan

Not happy with your expensive iPhone and wondered if it's possible to run any other operating system on your iPhone, maybe, how to install Android on an iPhone or Linux for iPhones?Android phones can be rooted, and iPhones can be jailbroken to unlock new features, but so far, it's been close to impossible to get Android running on iPhones, given the mobile device hardware constraints and

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Use iPhone as Physical Security Key to Protect Your Google Accounts

January 16, 2020 Unknown

Great news for iOS users!You can now use your iPhone or iPad, running iOS 10 or later, as a physical security key for securely logging into your Google account as part of the Advanced Protection Program for two-factor authentication.Android users have had this feature on their smartphones since last year, but now Apple product owners can also use this advanced, phishing-resistant form of

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WhatsApp ‘Delete for Everyone’ Doesn’t Delete Media Files Sent to iPhone Users

September 16, 2019 Unknown

Mistakenly sent a picture to someone via WhatsApp that you shouldn't have?Well, we've all been there, but what's more unfortunate is that the 'Delete for Everyone' feature WhatsApp introduced two years ago contains an unpatched privacy bug, leaving its users with false sense of privacy.WhatsApp and its rival Telegram messenger offer "Delete for Everyone," a potentially life-saving feature

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Latest iOS 12.1.4 Update Patches 2 Zero-Day and FaceTime Bugs

February 8, 2019 Swati Khandelwal

Apple has finally released iOS 12.1.4 software update to patch the terrible Group FaceTime privacy bug that could have allowed an Apple user to call you via the FaceTime video chat service and hear or see you before you even pick up the call without your knowledge.The Facetime bug (CVE-2019-6223) was discovered by 14-year-old Grant Thompson of Catalina Foothills High School while he was

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iCloud Possibly Suffered A Privacy Breach Last Year That Apple Kept a Secret

January 30, 2019 Mohit Kumar

Late last year when an unknown group of hackers stole secret access tokens for millions of Facebook accounts by taking advantage of a flaw in its website, the company disclosed the incident and informed its affected users.Similarly, when Twitter was hit by multiple vulnerabilities (#1, #2, #3) in the last few months, the social media company disclosed those incidents and informed its affected

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New FaceTime Bug Lets Callers Hear and See You Without You Picking Up

January 29, 2019 Swati Khandelwal

If you own an Apple device, you should immediately turn OFF FaceTime app for a few days.A jaw-dropping unpatched privacy bug has been uncovered in Apple's popular video and audio call app FaceTime that could let someone hear or see you before you even pick up your call.The bug is going viral on Twitter and other social media platforms with multiple users complaining of this privacy issue

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Watch Out! This New Web Exploit Can Crash and Restart Your iPhone

September 17, 2018 Wang Wei

It's 2018, and just a few lines of code can crash and restart any iPhone or iPad and can cause a Mac computer to freeze.Sabri Haddouche, a security researcher at encrypted instant messaging app Wire, revealed a proof-of-concept (PoC) web page containing an exploit that uses only a few lines of specially crafted CSS & HTML code.Beyond just a simple crash, the web page, if visited, causes a

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USB Accessory Can Defeat iOS’s New “USB Restricted Mode” Security Feature

July 10, 2018 Mohit Kumar

With the release of iOS 11.4.1, Apple has finally rolled out a new security feature designed to protect your devices against USB accessories that connect to the data port, making it harder for law enforcement and hackers to break into your iPhone or iPad without your permission.Dubbed USB Restricted Mode, the feature automatically disables data connection capabilities of the Lightning port on

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