Abode announced Thursday that its Iota DIY smart security system is finally HomeKit compatible. HomeKit is available as an update to the Iota system, enabling Iota users to control the system using the Apple Home app on the iPhone, and Siri on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and HomePod.
Learn how to make sure the Activation Lock feature is enabled on your Mac, disable it if necessary, and find out if your computer is compatible with this security protocol.
Earlier today, Apple seeded the second developer beta of iOS 13.3 (and iPadOS 13.3). Now, a few details are starting to surface.
When it comes to encryption, Apple is a company that has been championing the security effort for years. But it turns out that encryption with the stock Mail app in macOS may not have been as good as the company was pushing.
If you’ve been following the development of the checkm8-based checkra1n jailbreak all this time, then you’ll be excited to hear that one of the project’s most vocal developers, Luca Todesco, took the stage at POC2019 in Seoul, South Korea to discuss the jailbreak and reveal particularly captivating details about the checkra1n team’s members, long-term plans, and more.
Todesco entitled his Keynote presentation “The One Weird Trick SecureROM Hates,” and from what we can gather, the checkra1n team is comprised of the following members, many of which might be familiar to veteran jailbreakers:
Researchers in Japan and the United States announced they'd found a way to hijack voice assistants including Google Home, Amazon Alexa and Siri using lasers and other focused beams of light, according to a report in the New York Times.
Back in August of this year, it was reported that Apple had filed a suit against a mobile device virtualization company called Corellium, citing copyright infringement. And now that company has responded.
Adobe left the personal information of almost 7.5 million customers of its Creative Cloud service exposed, according to a new report on The Next Web.
Security firm Comparitech says Adobe left an Elastisearch server accessible without any password or authentication required. Adobe corrected the problem as soon as it was alerted on October 19th. Exposed information included email addresses, Creative Cloud subscription information and other details, though financial information and passwords were not exposed.
Comparitech's concern is that the information which was exposed may make those Adobe customers more liable to phishing attacks in the future.
Adobe acknowledged the issue in a blog post:
The environment contained Creative Cloud customer information, including e-mail addresses, but did not include any passwords or financial information. This issue was not connected to, nor did it affect, the operation of any Adobe core products or services.
Do incidents like this make you wary to share your details with companies like Adobe? Sound off in the comments.
In October, Samsung found itself in a bit of hot water as it was revealed that its newest smartphones, the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10, suffered a major security flaw that basically allowed any fingerprint to unlock the device depending on the screen protector installed on the handset.
Biometric security measures are billed as far more secure than the standard password or PIN. However, issues exist, as Samsung has recently discovered.
Early on Monday, it was reported that Apple's internet browser, Safari, sends some Safe Browsing data to the giant Chinese company Tencent. It was flagged as a potential major issue, especially since the "feature" that makes this happen is turned on by default.
Safari has long sent data to Google Safe Browsing to help protect against phishing scams using its Fraudulent Website Warning feature, but now the iOS edition of the browser has been found to send user data to the Chinese internet giant Tencent as well, according to Reclaim The Net.