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Malware Discovered In China Could Herald ‘New Era’ Of iOS And Mac Threats | AppleHaters

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Thursday, November 6, 2014. Malware Discovered In China Could Herald ‘New Era’ Of iOS And Mac Threats. In particular, Palo Alto Networks says it is “the first in-the-wild malware to install third-party applications on non-jailbroken iOS devices through enterprise provisioning.”. The security firm recommends its own product to help prevent WireLurker, but — as ever — the best pieces of advice are to avoid downloading apps from third-party sources, and use officially approved USB cables. Th...The full repo...

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China Attack Aims at iCloud, Apple’s Service for Storage | AppleHaters

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014. China Attack Aims at iCloud, Apple’s Service for Storage. HONG KONG — For Apple in China, trouble seems to be the. Cybersecurity monitoring groups and security experts said on Monday that people trying to use Apple’s online data storage service, known as iCloud, were the target of a new attack that sought to steal users’ passwords and then spy on their activities. Activists and security experts say they believe the attacks are backed by the Chinese government because they are...

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April 2014 | AppleHaters

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Active malware campaign steals Apple passwords from jailbroken iPhones. Security researchers have uncovered an active malware campaign in the wild that steals the Apple ID credentials from jailbroken iPhones and iPads. In an e-mail to Ars, Esser said the malicious code works only on 32-bit versions of jailbroken iOS devices. "There is no ARM 64-bit version of the code in the copy of the library we got," he wrote. "This means the malware should never be successful on [the]...Reddi...

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February 2015 | AppleHaters

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Monday, February 23, 2015. Most vulnerable operating systems and applications in 2014. An average of 19 vulnerabilities per day were reported in 2014, according to the data from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). The NVD provides a comprehensive list of software security vulnerabilities. In this article, I look at some of the trends and key findings for 2014 based on the NVD’s database. Some of the questions asked are:. What are the latest vulnerability trends? 7,038 new security vulnerabilities ...

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April 2015 | AppleHaters

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Apple 'Rootpipe' security vulnerability still prevalent following patch. Apple issued an OS X Yosemite update earlier this month which remedied a flaw known as Rootpipe. First discovered last October by security researcher Emil Kvarnhammar (yet having existed since at least 2011), the flaw allows bad actors to gain root access to a system through a backdoor in the system preferences app. Wardle, currently the director of research and development at security firm Synack, has mad...

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May 2014 | AppleHaters

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Hackers Use ‘Find My iPhone’ App to Lock, Hold Devices for Ransom. From http:/ abcnews.go.com. Some iPhone and iPad users in Australia had a rude awakening this morning when they discovered their devices had been locked and held for ransom by a mysterious hacker going by the name “. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow us on Twitter! Visit the Apple Haters Store! Links to check out. The Apple Haters Zazzle Store! I Hate My iPhone. Why I hate Apple.

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Apple 'Rootpipe' security vulnerability still prevalent following patch | AppleHaters

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Apple 'Rootpipe' security vulnerability still prevalent following patch. Apple issued an OS X Yosemite update earlier this month which remedied a flaw known as Rootpipe. First discovered last October by security researcher Emil Kvarnhammar (yet having existed since at least 2011), the flaw allows bad actors to gain root access to a system through a backdoor in the system preferences app. Wardle, currently the director of research and development at security firm Synack, has mad...

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Most vulnerable operating systems and applications in 2014 | AppleHaters

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Monday, February 23, 2015. Most vulnerable operating systems and applications in 2014. An average of 19 vulnerabilities per day were reported in 2014, according to the data from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). The NVD provides a comprehensive list of software security vulnerabilities. In this article, I look at some of the trends and key findings for 2014 based on the NVD’s database. Some of the questions asked are:. What are the latest vulnerability trends? 7,038 new security vulnerabilities ...

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World’s first (known) bootkit for OS X can permanently backdoor Macs | AppleHaters

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015. World’s first (known) bootkit for OS X can permanently backdoor Macs. Securing Macs against stealthy malware infections could get more complicated thanks to a new proof-of-concept exploit that allows attackers with brief physical access to covertly replace the firmware of most machines built since 2011. One of the breakthroughs of Thunderstrike is its ability to get the boot ROM firmware volumes validated. Hudson figured out how to do this after discovering an undocumented...

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January 2015 | AppleHaters

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015. World’s first (known) bootkit for OS X can permanently backdoor Macs. Securing Macs against stealthy malware infections could get more complicated thanks to a new proof-of-concept exploit that allows attackers with brief physical access to covertly replace the firmware of most machines built since 2011. One of the breakthroughs of Thunderstrike is its ability to get the boot ROM firmware volumes validated. Hudson figured out how to do this after discovering an undocumented...