Apple’s Mac mini has always seemed like an outlier in the company’s computer line-up. Originally touted as an inexpensive, stripped-down Mac – it was BYODKM, or "bring your own display, mouse, and keyboard" – the Mac mini was marketed for a while to switchers, people moving from Windows to Mac.Over the years, the Mac mini la

Even Apple can’t escape change forever. The famously restrictive company will allow third-party app stores for iOS devices, along with allowing users to “sideload” software directly. Spurring the move is the European Union’s (EU) Digital Markets Act (DMA), which looks to ensure open markets by reducing the ability of digital “g

Researchers have successfully dismantled a massive ad fraud campaign they stumbled upon by accident.  The Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team dubbed the campaign VASTFLUX, a portmanteau of "fast flux"—an evasion technique involving the constant changing of IP addresses behind a single domain—and "VAST" (Video Ad Serving Te

In December, 2022, we warned our readers about an actively exploited vulnerability in Apple’s WebKit. Back then we wondered why Apple specifically stated that the issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.1. At the time, our resident Apple expert Thomas Reed said that Apple has been known to release fixes for

Apple released iOS 16.3 today with long-awaited support for hardware security keys to provide extra protection against phishing attacks and unauthorized access to your devices.Hardware security keys are small physical devices that resemble thumb drives and support USB-C (using an adapter) or Near-field communication (NFC) to connect to a Mac or iPhone.These

Apple has backported security patches addressing a remotely exploitable zero-day vulnerability to older iPhones and iPads.This bug is tracked as CVE-2022-42856, and it stems from a type confusion weakness in Apple's Webkit web browser browsing engine.Apple said that the flaw discovered by Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group allows m

In the latest iteration of Apple’s new in-house processors, the company has announced new versions of its M2 chips: the M2 Pro and the M2 Max. With features similar to the M1 Pro and M1 Max, these processors go much further, with more cores, the ability to use more memory, and lower power consumption. The company also announced new Macs equipped with t

On Monday, the US Supreme Court denied the NSO Group's petition for a writ of certiorari, a request to the high court to review its case, signaling that Meta's WhatsApp can go ahead with its case against the Israeli-based company behind the Pegasus spyware. The court didn't explain why it refused to hear the NSO's appeal. If you recall, W

Apple introduced the Safari web browser 20 years ago, on January 7, 2003. At the time, Steve Jobs called Safari, "a turbo browser for Mac OS X." Apple created Safari for speed, calling it the fastest browser for the Mac. Jobs compared it to Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Chimera, showing that Safari was faster. The second reason that Apple create

Microsoft warns of different ransomware families (KeRanger, FileCoder, MacRansom, and EvilQuest) targeting Apple macOS systems. Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence team warns of four different ransomware families (KeRanger, FileCoder, MacRansom, and EvilQuest) that impact Apple macOS systems. The initial vector in attacks involving Mac ransomware ty

France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Apple €8,000,000 ($8.5M) for collecting user data for targeted advertising on the App Store without requesting or securing the user's consent.This practice is considered a violation of Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act (DPA), a national directive that aligns with the GDPR (General Data Prote

There was no shortage of Apple security and privacy news in 2022. Every year, Apple touts new privacy and security features in its operating systems, and develops some of the most modern features to keep you safe. At the same time, malware evolves, new cybersecurity threats come to light, and new vulnerabilities are discovered in operating systems and apps.

Microsoft disclosed technical details of a vulnerability in Apple macOS that could be exploited by an attacker to bypass Gatekeeper. Microsoft has disclosed details of a now-fixed security vulnerability dubbed Achilles (CVE-2022-42821, CVSS score: 5.5) in Apple macOS that could be exploited by threat actors to bypass the Gatekeeper security feature. Th

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Apple has fixed a vulnerability attackers could leverage to deploy malware on vulnerable macOS devices via untrusted applications capable of bypassing Gatekeeper application execution restrictions.Found and reported by Microsoft principal security researcher Jonathan Bar Or, the security flaw (dubbed Achilles) is now tracked as CVE-2022-42821.Apple addressed