An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum for 4 years. Enjoys ‘Mr. Robot’ and fears ‘1984’. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles! Follow Milena @Milenyim
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An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum for 4 years. Enjoys ‘Mr. Robot’ and fears ‘1984’. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles! Follow Milena @Milenyim
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According to a brand new research, Apple is sharing some browsing history with China. More specifically, the company is sending some browsing history of iOS 13 Safari users to Tencent Holdings Limited, a Chinese multinational conglomerate. Tencent specializes in various…
An unknown hacking group has been found to exploit Apple’s iTunes and iCloud programs in order to deploy ransomware. This is possible by using a zero-day vulnerability which allows the criminals to implant the malicious code without alerting any installed…
There’s a new iOS exploit that affects all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets. The exploit is dubbed checkm8 and it was discovered by a researcher known as axi0mx. The checkm8 Exploit Explained The checkm8 exploit leverages vulnerabilities…
Several privilege escalation exploit chains were discovered in iOS devices by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Project Zero teams. The vulnerabilities were actively used by threat actors who also used compromised websites to carry out watering hole attacks against…
A new report by TU Darmstadt and Northeastern University researchers titled “A Billion Open Interfaces for Eve and Mallory: MitM, DoS, and Tracking Attacks on iOS and macOS Through Apple Wireless Direct Link” reveals that vulnerabilities in AWDL (Apple Wireless…
Jonathan Leitschuh just reported “a vulnerability in the Mac Zoom Client” that allows “any malicious website to enable your camera without your permission”. The issue known under CVE-2019-13450 potentially puts at risk up to 750,000 companies around the world that…
The previously known Exodus spyware which plagued Google Play Store and respectively Android devices, is now equipped with a version for iOS. According to Lookout researchers, the iOS counterpart is less sophisticated than the Android version, and hasn’t been detected…
Another piece of Mac malware has been discovered. More specifically, security researchers came across a new variant of the so-called Shlayer malware, which has been targeting macOS users. Shlayer is a multi-stage malware, and in its latest version it has…
Security researchers just reported about a possible breach of iCloud that took place late last year. Purportedly, a bug in the platform may have exposed iCloud data to other users. And by the looks of it, Apple chose to remain…
Regardless of the fact that you own or don’t own an Apple device, you must have heard about the serious security bug in the FaceTime app. It is all over the news, and it should be. The FaceTime App Bug…
It’s no news that macOS users also need protection against malicious code. The good news is that macOS users now have a new tool designed to help them identify generic keyloggers that may be plaguing their systems. The tool is…
Dropbox’s Offensive Security red team has discovered a set of zero-day vulnerabilities (later assigned CVE-2017-13890) in Apple’s Safari browser. The research team came across the flaws while testing the way Dropbox and its cloud storage system responded to cyberattacks. More…
macOS is generally believed to be bulletproof against malware attacks. Unfortunately, statistics reveal a different picture where Apple’s operating system is often found vulnerable. For instance, in 2017 security researchers detected an increase of 28.83 percent of total reported security…
Security researcher Patrick Wardle has disclosed a new security vulnerability in the latest version of macOS, Mojave, hours before the version was released. The researcher showed the privacy feature bypass in a video shared on Twitter. The original purpose of…
Apple has released a new set of security fixes that address vulnerabilities in Safari, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. It should be noted that some of the vulnerabilities were disclosed before the security updates, which opened a loophole for threat actors.…
