Apple to swat curious Mac Fruitfly malware
Ancient malware could have been used to spy on high-value Mac users for decades.
Ancient malware could have been used to spy on high-value Mac users for decades.
A firm with operations in India and the US has been charged for using pop-up ads to scare consumers into calling tech support to pay for services they don’t need.
It may sound paranoid, but the next time you enter into a highly confidential meeting, leave your smart watch behind. It's possible the device could be spying on you.
Michael Kan | 11 Oct | Read more
You could buy a mansion with the amount this company will pay if you can remotely hack Apple’s latest OS for the iPhone.
The FBI’s refusal to reveal how it accessed an iPhone 5c from the San Bernardino shooter will face scrutiny in court. USA Today’s parent company and two other news group have filed a lawsuit against the agency, demanding it turn over the details.
Michael Kan | 17 Sep | Read more
It turns out the FBI could have beaten Apple’s ten-try limit to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone 5c using cheap and easily available tools.
If you downloaded the legitimate BitTorrent client for Mac OS over the past few days, you may have installed a nasty backdoor, security experts have warned.
The Australian government has had a mixed bag of outcomes this year around cybersecurity, with many lauding its leadership in the area
David Braue | 29 Aug | Read more
Apple is issuing patches for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities known as Trident that have been exploited for years by an Israel-based spyware vendor against a human rights activist, an investigative journalist and others.
Tim Greene | 26 Aug | Read more
Apple has hit back at a petition from three of Australia’s major banks to collectively negotiate with it over access to iPhone hardware.
Google has released a monster 108 fixes in its Android security update for July, and has even split the update in two to due to flaws in the drivers of chips from Qualcomm, MediaTek, and NVIDIA.
Reports that iOS exploits have been sold for $1m boost Apple’s confidence that it’s approach to security is on the money.
This year's high-profile battle of wills between Apple and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which sparked worldwide discussions about the propriety of security 'back doors', was eventually resolved when the FBI found another way to get the data it wanted.
David Braue | 02 Jun | Read more
Christopher Soghoian works for the team within the ACLU that sues the FBI and other agencies over their use of surveillance. His Twitter profile simply says “I fight surveillance”.
Anthony Caruana | 25 May | Read more
US regulators have launched an inquiry to discover how exactly iPhones and Android smartphone patches are distributed and whether consumers can find out if and when they’re available.