Tag Archives: Apple
Emails containing fake invoices from Apple and Plus.de distribute malware
The German users should be aware of a massive spam campaign with emails pretending to come from Apple and Plus.de (discounter) containing a invoice of a good they bought from their shop. The so called invoice is in a ZIP … Continue reading
Apple adds two-factor authentication
Remember our series about how to activate two-factor authentication in Google, Dropbox and Facebook? We are happy to inform you that Apple finally decided to join the club of companies who care about the security of its customers and … Continue reading
Microsoft, Apple, Facebook victims of Java exploits
We wrote several times that when Oracle fixed quickly the security holes in Java, it did not have enough time to address the source of the problem. This can be now seen more clear after big names in the IT … Continue reading
Security update for Apple: iOS 6.1 fixes browser flaws
Apple has released a new version of iOS, the operating system that powers the iPhone, iPad, iPod. The new version fixes 20 security flaws related to the Safari browser. Some of the vulnerabilities were allowing bypassing of authentication, cross-site scripting … Continue reading
Apple released OS X Lion v10.7.3 and Security Updates
Apple released OS X Lion v10.7.3 and the Security Update 2012-001 to address some vulnerabilities in various components. All the fixes are important, but these can have a direct negative effect on your personal privacy and security because they can be … Continue reading
Apple iTunes 10.5, iOS 5 and many other updates are available
In case you didn’t know, Apple released today the new update of iOS for iPhone and iPad. The rollout has reached also Germany on Wednesday in the late afternoon. I will not go through the features of iOS5 nor through … Continue reading
Apple releases security updates to invalidate the fraudulent certificates
Apple finaly released the security update Security Update 2011-005 for its products in order to address the incidents with the fraudulent certificates that were issued by multiple certificate authorities operated by DigiNotar. The problems with these certificates have been already … Continue reading
Apple patches vulnerabilities in iWork
Apple released an update for iWork 9.0 through 9.0.5 which fixes three vulnerabilities which could potentially be used to perform malicious actions. The new version, 9.1, fixes a buffer overflow which could lead to unexpected program termination and also arbitrary code … Continue reading
Apple fixes a security vulnerability in iOS
Apple released iOS 4.2.10/4.3.5 Software Update for iPhones, iPad and iPod touch as update through iTunes. This update addresses a single vulnerability through which an attacker with a privileged network position may capture or modify data in sessions protected by … Continue reading
Security Update for Apple iOS
Apple released the latest versions of iOS for iPad, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation), iPhone 3GS. This update has version for 4.3.4 for the above devices and iPhone GSM and 4.2.9 for iPhone4 CDMA and … Continue reading