Passkey: Which popular apps and services offer the new feature?
Apple announced support for passkeys across its platforms in 2022, and many major apps and services have adopted the feature. Here's who uses the security feature.
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Evan Selleck
Apple warns Russian journalists of Pegasus iPhone infections
Apple has started to warn Russian journalists that they are the targets of attacks using Pegasus, spyware used by governments to hack and monitor iPhones.
Malcolm Owen
Apple's security message: Keep data safe by keeping it out of the cloud
Apple consistently beat the drum about data security at its Wonderlust event and it's a message that's worth emphasizing — keeping your data safe sometimes means keeping it out of the cloud altogether.
Peter Cohen
macOS Sonoma could be locked down with XProtect behavioral security
Apple could make macOS Sonoma more proactive when it comes to scanning for malware, with a malicious behavior-detecting iteration of XProtect seemingly getting closer to going live.
Apple invites researchers to apply to the 2024 iPhone Security Research Device Program
The iPhone Security Research Device Program allows researchers to work with Apple directly in discovering vulnerabilities while still receiving bounty payments. Sign-ups are open through October 31.
Wesley Hilliard
Old Mac malware lurches back to life, hiding in productivity software
XLoader is a malware tool that has been around for years, and now it is creeping out of the dark yet again with a focus on work environments.
macOS Ventura App Management exploit revealed 10 months after discovery
A new exploit has been found for macOS Ventura, one that allows an attacker to bypass App Management, and is being disclosed after failing to be fixed by Apple in ten months.
Cellebrite trains law enforcement to maintain iPhone-hacking secrets
Cellebrite, the firm behind forensic devices used by law enforcement agencies to access data on seized iPhones, attempted to keep its technology secrets hidden, by telling its users to keep the hardware's existence as "hush hush as possible."
'Fake Airplane Mode' makes iPhone look offline to user, while an attacker stays connected
Security threats can crop up at any time, even on the iPhone, and now Jamf Threat Labs has demonstrated that even if you think Airplane Mode is on, you might be getting duped.
William Gallagher
Andrew Orr
