US lawmakers urge UK spy court to hold Apple ‘backdoor’ secret hearing in public

A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers are urging the head of the U.K.’s surveillance court to hold an open hearing into Apple’s anticipated challenge of an alleged secret U.K. government legal demand. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, along with four other Read More …

Apple Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Apple has released security updates to address an exploited vulnerability in multiple Apple products. CVE-2025-24201 is an ‘out-of-bounds write’ vulnerability that could allow an attacker with maliciously crafted web content to break out of Web Content sandbox. The security update Read More …

Apple is challenging U.K.’s iCloud encryption backdoor order

Apple is challenging a U.K. Government data access order in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the Financial Times reports. The order targeted iCloud backups that are protected by end-to-end encryption. Aple responded by announcing it would end U.K. users’ access Read More …

Apple pulls data protection feature in UK amid government demands

Apple is scrapping its most advanced security encryption feature for cloud data in Britain, the company said on Friday, an unprecedented response to government demands for access to user data. The change affects a feature called Advanced Data Protection (ADP), Read More …

Macs targeted by infostealers in new era of cyberthreats

The latest, major threats to Mac computers can steal passwords and credit card details with delicate precision, targeting victims across the internet based on their device, location, and operating system. These are the dangers of “infostealers,” which have long plagued Read More …

Apple fixes iPhone and iPad bug used in an ‘extremely sophisticated attack’

On Monday, Apple released updates for its mobile operating systems for iOS and iPadOS, which fixed a flaw that the company said “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” In the release notes for Read More …

U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts

Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. The Read More …

Cracking the Code: How Banshee Stealer Targets macOS Users

Since September, Check Point Research (CPR) has been monitoring a new version of the Banshee macOS Stealer, a malware that steals browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. Undetected for over two months, Banshee’s latest version introduced string encryption Read More …

Apple to pay $95 million to settle claims it used Siri to eavesdrop on customers

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a civil lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices. The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Read More …

NotLockBit ransomware targets Apple users with advanced file-locking and data exfiltration

The recent discovery of macOS.NotLockBit suggests a shift in the landscape, as this newly identified malware, named after the notorious LockBit variant, could mark the beginning of more serious ransomware campaigns against Mac users. Ransomware targeting Mac devices tends to Read More …