Apple + Microsoft Release Patches for Identified Vulnerabilities
This week, both Apple and Microsoft issued patches to fix serious zero-day vulnerabilities that should be applied as soon as possible. That means that if you have an iPhone or iPad,...
Apple Issues Patches: Apply Them Now and Alert Your Employees to Do the Same
Earlier this week, Apple issued another patch—this one is said to address a reported vulnerability that “an application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.” According to Apple,...
Apple releases patch for zero‑day flaw in iOS, iPadOS and macOS
The vulnerability is under active exploitation by unknown attackers and affects a wide range of Apple’s products. The post Apple releases patch for zero‑day flaw in iOS, iPadOS and macOS appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Privacy Tip #291 – Cryptomining Apps Offer Fake Services for a Fee
Although app platforms guard against fake apps, criminals are working hard to get around app platform rules to scam victims out of a cryptobuck. Apple and Google throw apps off their...
Privacy Tip #282 – Apple’s New iPhone Privacy Controls
Once again, Apple is leading the pack on privacy and implementing new privacy controls, starting next week. What does this mean for you? If you are an iPhone user, you will...
Twitter fined $546,000 in December 2020 by European Data Protection Authority for 2019 Breach Notification Violations
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Twitter 450,000 euros (about US$546,000) for failing to timely notify the Irish DPC within the required 72 hours of discovering a Q4 2018 breach...