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US officials have warned people to not send text messages amid a massive and ongoing cyber attack against telecom companies.. Smartphone users are instead urged to use encrypted messaging apps ...
1. Keep your iPhone updated: I can’t say this enough. Updating your iPhone regularly is one of the most effective ways to protect it from security threats. Apple frequently releases updates that ...
On the same day, Apple releases updates for iOS 15.x and 16.x, addressing two vulnerabilities used in the attack: CVE-2023-32434 in the iOS kernel and CVE-2023-32435 in the WebKit browser engine. These vulnerabilities make it possible to silently infect iPhones by bypassing iOS security systems.
Download a reliable antivirus software to protect and alert you when something isn’t right, such as Norton, McAfee, or Bitdefender. Only download apps from the Apple app store.
FORCEDENTRY, also capitalized as ForcedEntry, is a security exploit allegedly developed by NSO Group to deploy their Pegasus spyware. [2] [3] It enables the "zero-click" exploit that is prevalent in iOS 13 and below, but also compromises recent safeguards set by Apple's "BlastDoor" in iOS 14 and later.
Brian Krebs was the first to report on this attack and he coined the term "juice jacking". After seeing the informational cell phone charging kiosk set up in the Wall of Sheep at DefCon 19 in August 2011, he wrote the first article on his security journalism site, "Krebs on Security". [13]
If your iPhone gets a virus, you’ll certainly want to know as soon as possible. Luckily, we spoke to a couple of experts about why you’re getting iPhone virus warnings on your phone—and how ...
Since Apple iOS and macOS work with Inter-App Communication URL mechanism [21] (e.g. 'whatsapp://', 'Facebook://', 'iTunes://'), the attacker can open any apps installed on the compromised phone or computer, in the case of an infected macOS application. Such mechanism could be harmful with password management apps or even on phishing websites.