Speaking at the Hexacon security conference in Paris, France on Friday, hacker and security researcher Luca Todesco discussed Apple’s latest mobile software security trends and showed off a jailbreak on iOS 16.1 beta.
Aside from updated design, the new security features in Valve's redesigned Steam app include a two-factor authentication system (2FA), QR code login and more.
Google is building passkeys support into Android and Chrome, launching later in 2022, but people can test it today via Play Services Beta and Chrome Canary.
Learn how to use the Safety Check feature on your iPhone to audit what you're sharing with people and apps so you can take the appropriate actions to keep yourself and your data safe.
While most people use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock their modern iPhones and iPads, there are still times when you’ll be required to enter your passcode. Examples include after rebooting your device, after pressing and holding certain buttons on your device, failing a biometric authentication attempt, and when you don’t have biometrics set up on your device.
Even since the first jailbreak for the iPhone launched back in 2007, tools have historically been free for end users to download or use. Despite being free, jailbreak users could generally donate to jailbreak developers if they wanted to provide gratitude for the tireless work that went into making it.
Don't take Plex's email from this morning lightly and change your password immediately because hackers now also have your email and username.
It’s not uncommon to see developers bolstering the security of jailbroken devices, and that’s exactly what we’re seeing today with the release of a new and free jailbreak tweak called ProtectedBrowser by iOS developer Ginsudev.
Apple on Wednesday released adjacent software updates for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac in the forms of iOS & iPadOS 15.6.1 and macOS Monterey 12.5.1 with important security improvements.
Facebook Messenger supports end-to-end encrypted, but it's off by default. Meta's now made the feature available to more people ahead of a global rollout.
Apple's removed mentions of the new Hide My Email in apps feature, suggesting it may not be ready for prime time when iOS 16 launches this fall.
While Apple continues to make moves when it comes to general user privacy and security, especially with iOS, there are still some areas where third-party companies can take advantage of the tools Apple has in place. For instance, a built-in web browser in apps like Facebook or Instagram, for instance, is still based on Apple's WebKit. But it sounds like Meta has still found a way to track users that use that third-party web browser instead of Safari.