It’s time to update your versions of Safari for the older macOS Big Sur and MacOS Catalina operating systems. Apple on Wednesday released Safari 15.6.1 for the operating systems. According to MacRumors and the release notes, the update includes an important security fix for a WebKit vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple […]
You definitely want to update the Zoom application on your Mac. An exploit noted by Mac security specialist Patrick Wardle and disclosed at the DefCon tracking conference on August 12 has noted a loophole that could be exploited to offer an outside user full access to your Mac. Since Zoom has to be run with […]
After digging into Apple Silicon hardware, a group of researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in both Apple’s latest M1 and A14 chipsets. The “Augury” Apple Silicon microarchitectural flaw has been demonstrated to leak data at rest but doesn’t appear to be “that bad” at this point. Per the findings from Jose Rodrigo Sanchez Vicarte at […]
It may be time to update your copy of the Google Chrome web browser. Google on Friday released an updated version of Chrome that includes a fix for a high-severity zero-day bug that made it into the browser. The update is available now for macOS. The Chrome Team said on Friday there was a “Stable […]
On a day filled with copious software updates, Apple on Wednesday released both its iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15/3 software updates. The updates feature no user-facing features and instead focus on bug fixes and improvements. The new update addresses a Safari security vulnerability, likely the fingerprinting bug that allowed websites to track your browsing history through your […]