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Apple emergency zero-day fix for iPhones and Macs – get it now!

27 Jul, 2021 Apple, CVE-2021-30807, Exploit, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Mac, OS-X, Security News, Vulnerability, zero day 0 Comments

by Paul Ducklin You might be forgiven for thinking that July 2021 was Microsoft’s month for cybersecurity vulnerabilities. First there was PrintNightmare in several guises, followed by HiveNightmare (an entirely unrelated bug that nevertheless attracted the “Nightmare” moniker), followed by PetitPotam (which went down the cute aquatic mammal naming path). . . . Read more

S3 Ep41: Crashing iPhones, PrintNightmares, and Code Red memories [Podcast]

19 Jul, 2021 Colonial Pipeline, CVE-2021-34481, Hacking, iOS, iPhone, Law & order, Microsoft, Naked Security Podcast, podcast, PrintNighmare, Ransomware, Security News, Vulnerability, Wi-fi 0 Comments

by Paul Ducklin [01’32”] We explain how a format string bug could lock your iPhone out of your own network.  [08’53”] We revisit the PrintNightmare saga, which is sort-of fixed but not really.  [12’50”] We look back at the 20-year-old Code Red virus.  [18’30”] We look at what cybercriminals spend money on (hint: more cybercrime).  [29’10”] And in this . . . Read more