China denies iPhone ban for officials but notes its ‘security incidents’

Just hours after Apple wrapped up its annual product launch for the hotly anticipated iPhone 15, the Chinese government denied reports that it had banned officials from using the smartphones — and then noted recent “security incidents” involving the devices. Read More …

Apple fixes zero-day bugs used to plant Pegasus spyware

Apple released security updates on Thursday that patch two zero-day exploits — meaning hacking techniques that were unknown at the time Apple found out about them — used against a member of a civil society organization in Washington, D.C., according Read More …

Apple shares fall after China reportedly bans iPhone use by government officials

Apple stocks fell after China reportedly banned officials at central government agencies from using or bringing iPhones and other foreign-branded devices into the office. In recent weeks, Chinese officials were given the instructions by their superiors in workplace chat groups Read More …

In search of the Triangulation: triangle_check utility

In their initial blogpost about “Operation Triangulation”, Kaspersky published a comprehensive guide on how to manually check iOS device backups for possible indicators of compromise using MVT. This process takes time and requires manual search for several types of indicators. Read More …

Russia says US intelligence hacked thousands of iPhones

Russia has accused United States intelligence agencies of hacking thousands of iPhones belonging to Russian users and foreign diplomats in the country. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday that it had discovered an “intelligence action” that had compromised Read More …

Apple fixes new zero-day used in attacks against iPhones, iPads

In security updates released on Monday, Apple has fixed the ninth zero-day vulnerability used in attacks against iPhones since the start of the year. Apple revealed in an advisory today that it’s aware of reports saying the security flaw “may Read More …

Apple introduces Lockdown Mode to protect iPhones from state-sponsored hacking

Apple announced a new feature for iPhones called Lockdown Mode on Wednesday to protect high-profile users such as politicians and activists against state-sponsored hackers. Lockdown Mode turns off several features on the iPhone in order to make it less vulnerable Read More …

Vulnerability in Apple iOS, iPad OS and MacOS could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory data

Cisco Talos recently discovered an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Apple’s macOS and iOS operating systems that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive memory content. An attacker could capitalize on that information to aid in the exploitation of other vulnerabilities Read More …

Apple iPhone Malware Tactic Causes Fake Shutdowns to Enable Spying

In the world of mobile malware, simply shutting down a device can often wipe out any bad code, given that persistence after rebooting is a challenge for traditional malicious activity. But a new iPhone technique can hijack and prevent any Read More …

A deep dive into an NSO zero-click iMessage exploit: Remote Code Execution

Google Project Zero researchers want to thank Citizen Lab for sharing a sample of the FORCEDENTRY exploit with them, and Apple’s Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR) group for collaborating with Google Project Zero on the technical analysis. The editorial opinions Read More …