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Security researcher exposes a vulnerability in Apple’s proprietary USB-C controller

As nifty as Apple’s USB-C protocol might be, a security researcher just exposed a potential security issue. The issue, if exploited, could allow for new iPhone jailbreaks as well as other security issues. Revealed at the 38th Chaos Communication Congress in December, with information only being revealed to the public in January, researcher Thomas Roth […]

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Apple releases iOS 18.2.1, iPadOS 18.2.1 updates, focuses on bug fixes

Sometimes it’s best to wait for the bug fix release after a major software update. Apple on Monday released its iOS 18.2.1 and iPadOS 18.2.1 software updates for its mobile platforms. The updates offer non-specific bug fixes and don’t seem to focus on specific security fixes for the time being. As always, the updates can […]

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Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri-related privacy lawsuit

$95 million may not mean a ton to Apple these days, but this is still awkward. Following a lawsuit brought against the company five years ago in which Apple was hit with a lawsuit over ‘unlawful and intentional recording’ of Siri interactions, the case has reached an end, with Apple agreeing to pay $95 million […]

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Rumor: Apple developing iOS 18.2.1 update as bug fix/security fix

While the iOS 18.3 beta was released to the developer community on December 16, Apple is apparently working on an iOS 18.2.1 update which has appeared online since mid-December. The update, which MacRumors spotted in its site analytics, is thought to be a bugfix update for iOS 18.2. Separately, an anonymous X account with a […]

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Apple Intelligence reads Signal messages on newer iPhone models, privacy concerns cited

Not every major product is released without issues, but this is a privacy-related mess/kerfuffle Apple probably would have liked to avoid. The Houston Chronicle has reported that Apple Intelligence can currently read encrypted Signal messages on under iOS 18.1 iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 models. Signal users looking to keep their content from being read […]