Not all Lightning cables are created equal. In fact, the security researcher known as MG has managed to create a special cable that looks like Apple's official Lightning cable with one crucial difference: it gives an attacker a way to remotely tap into your computer.
Apart from unveiling a dedicated macOS bounty program at this week's Black Hat security conference, Apple is expected to hand researchers special pre-jailbroken iPhone devices that will make it easier for them to detect security vulnerabilities in the iOS operating system.
Apple is predicted to unveil a macOS bounty program at the upcoming Black Hat security conference which takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada later this week, Forbes reported today.
Apple's decision to temporarily halt the Siri grading initiative in order to review privacy policies and safeguards has prompted rival Google and Amazon to suspend their own programs which permitted employees to listen to recorded voice assistant audio for quality control purposes.
According to the most recent note to clients by Ming-Chi Kuo of TF Securities, the most reliably of Apple analysts out there, iPhones released in 2021 will feature both the Face ID authentication method and a new under-screen Touch ID sensor.
In response to privacy concerns raised a few days ago in an article by the British newspaper the Guardian, Apple has temporarily suspended the Siri grading program globally, saying that an upcoming iOS software update will give its customers new controls so they could choose whether they would like to participate in the grading process or not.
Last weekend's report from the British newspaper the Guardian detailed that Apple hires contractors who are tasked with listening to some Siri audio, prompting critics to take the story as proof that Apple's commitment to privacy is nothing more than marketing talk.
The House of Representatives today took a major step toward cracking down on illegal robocalls by approving a new act aimed at boosting anti-robocalling technology.
New Apple billboards were spotted this morning in major German cities of Hamburg and Berlin, promoting the importance of iPhone user privacy and data protection.
In case of a declined Apple Card transaction, the system will issue an email message that will list the attempted transaction details and caution the user that any further spending may be restricted for security reasons until he or she has confirmed the transaction in the Wallet app.
The United States Federal Trade Commission officially said today it's leveling a $5 billion fine against Facebook less than two weeks after The Wall Street Journal first reported on the fine.
Israeli company NSO Group claims its updated multi-million dollar surveillance tool, called Pegasus, can now also extract data from cloud services like iCloud, Google Drive and Facebook Messenger, among others, from an infected iPhone or Android smartphone.