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How to retrieve your Apple Card number via the Wallet app

As spiffy as the Apple Card is, there are no numbers printed on the card itself. Still, you can retrieve your credit card number through the Wallet App without too much fuss. There is a method to this madness. Via having no numbers on the front of the card, this makes it more secure against […]

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Apple boosts bug bounty program, offers greater rewards for locating critical security vulnerabilities ahead of time

If you want the good stuff, you’ve got to pay for it. Apple has introduced an expanded bug bounty program that covers macOS, tvOS, iCloud, and iOS over at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas and hosted by head of security engineering Ivan Krstić. The company first introduced its bug bounty program for […]

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Apple to prevent device tracking via SSID, BSSID in iOS 13

Apple will apparently no longer track your device’s location by its SSID or BSSID signal. The note comes on the heels of Apple’s WWDC 2019 developer session 713 titled, “Advances in Networking” revealed that iOS 13 will stop location tracking using your device’s SSID/BSSID using the CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo API. Developers have reported receiving the following email from […]

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Apple reportedly set to announce iOS, macOS bug bounty programs starting later this month

If you’re looking to turn your Mac bug hunting efforts into money, you’ll have a chance soon. Apple is reportedly set to launch its Mac bug bounty program before the end of August. Recent reports have noted the company handing out iPhones to top hackers during a briefing at its headquarters. Apple is also expected […]

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Capital One data breach affects more than 100 million U.S., Canadian account holders

Following the discovery of the Capital One hack on July 19th, in which Capital One Bank’s accounts on the Amazon Web Services cloud were hacked by an AWS engineer who took advantage of a misconfigured firewall and stole data, approximately 100 million people in the United States and 6 million people in Canada are affected. […]