Apple has issued an iPhone software update after reports of fake ransomware attacks where money was demanded in order to unlock the handset’s browser. A pop-up screen accused the phone…
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As of today, iThings are even harder for police to probe
iOS 10.3 lands, complete with heavily encrypted Apple File System. By Simon Sharwood Apple today released iOS 10.3, watchOS 3.2 and tvOS 10.2 (14W265), the first two of all of…
Newly leaked documents show low-level CIA Mac and iPhone hacks
For years, the CIA has known of implants for iPhones and low-level rootkits for Macbooks By Lucian Constantin The U.S. CIA has had tools to infect Apple Mac computers by…
Security flaws 'undiscovered for years'
Security holes known as zero-day vulnerabilities can lie dormant for up to 10 years, a study has suggested. And this means that hackers have plenty of time to develop sophisticated…
FBI pressured on cost of iPhone hack tool
Three news organisations have asked a US judge to force the government to reveal the amount it paid for technology to unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernardino gunman.…
Kremlin-linked hackers believed to be behind Mac spyware Xagent
iPhone backups can be slurped for Mother Russia, say researchers. By John Leyden Kremlin-linked spies have been blamed for cooking up malware called Xagent, which targets victims running macOS to…