We also talk about a new phishing scam, how the Strava fitness app is causing problems for the Israeli military, some new Windows feature that copy Apple, and the end of captchas. Then we take a deep dive into iCloud, looking at the many features available with your iCloud account. iOS 16 Will Let iPhone Users Bypass CAPTCHAs in Supported Apps and WebsitesFi

If you use a Mac, iPhone, or iPad, you can store files in iCloud Drive, Apple’s cloud storage service. This is just one of the many iCloud features available, ranging from privacy and backups to cloud sync of your photos and music library.iCloud Drive is especially useful if you have two Macs; you can sync your Desktop and Documents folders to iCloud

iCloud is the umbrella for Apple’s services that you can access with your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Not all of the company’s services; there are other services, such as Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and others, which you access with a paid subscription. But iCloud is the backbone of the services you use to manage your data and communicate w

p> Your Apple ID is the key that opens the door to all of Apple’s services. You use it to sign into iCloud, where you manage email, calendars, contacts, and more. You use it for purchases from Apple on the iTunes Store, or on App Stores. And you also use it to sign into Messages and FaceTime, to communicate with friends, family, and co-workers. Since

If you use Apple devices, your iCloud account is one of your most important repositories of your personal data. You don’t have to use iCloud, of course; you may use Google services for your calendar and photos, or Microsoft for email and online storage. But most Apple users store data in an iCloud account, and if you get locked out of that account, y

Protecting the data in your accounts is essential, and no account is more important to users of Apple devices than their Apple ID account. This account covers many features, from email to calendars, from online storage to online purchases. We have long recommended the use of two-factor authentication whenever possible, and these days it is almost essential

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly reviewing the news for interesting stories and developments in the cybersecurity world. Here’s what stood out to us during the week of September 27, 2021. We’ve also included the comments from a few folks here at Tripwire VERT.REvil Ransomware Group Goes OfflineBack in Jul

There’s new Mac malware hiding in a terminal emulator app, an interesting Finder vulnerability, and Apple launches iCloud+. We also wonder why Apple isn’t prompting iOS users to upgrade to iOS 15Made in China: OSX.ZuRuRemotely exploitable “inetloc” zero-day vulnerability hits the MacWhy doesn’t Apple want people to upgrade to iOS 15?N

As Apple has released iOS15 and iPadOS 15 this week, the service they announced in June, iCloud+, is also now available. iCloud+ provides three useful features that enhance security and privacy, plus one more feature that many people will find useful. Here’s how iCloud+ works. What is iCloud+?iCloud+ is a new bundle of features that are added to paid

The Internet has been on fire since the August 4 discovery (disclosed publicly by Mathew Green) that Apple will be monitoring photos uploaded to iCloud for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Some see this as a great move by Apple that will protect children. Others view this as a potentially dangerous slide away from privacy that may not actually protect chi

The data on your iPhone or iPad is essential, and backing up your iOS device is critical to ensure the integrity of that data. You’re a lot more likely to damage or lose your iPhone than your Mac, and, unfortunately it’s not that uncommon for people’s iPhones to be stolen. While there are many backup solutions available for the Mac, inclu

Silver Sparrow malware has been found targeting Macs, including Apple’s new M1 models, but we don’t know what the malware is trying to do. Apple has started going after App Store subscription scams, patches an iCloud website vulnerability, will make “zero-click” attacks harder to carry out in iOS. And, yes, we have some good news for

Your use passwords to log into websites and services, and since there are so many of them, it’s hard to remember them. It’s a bad idea to use the same password for different websites, because if one site is compromised, hackers will have an email address and password that they can try on other sites. Because of this, you need to ensure that your

There are lots of subscriptions you can purchase from Apple. They may be for services that Apple sells, such as Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple News+, or the new Apple One bundle, as well as any subscription you have for additional iCloud storage above the free 5 GB that you get. You may have subscriptions for specific apps that function on a monthly or an

You probably know how important it is to back up your data, and there are a number of different backup options for Mac.But it’s also important to back up your iPhone or iPad. While you may not have a lot of documents on these devices that aren’t stored on a cloud server—which you can easily retrieve if necessary—you are likely to have photos and