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E2EE is MIA in iPhone/Android Chat — GSMA Gonna Fix it
Richi Jennings | | android, Apple, Apple iOS, Apple iPhone, china, E2EE, end-to-end, end-to-end encryption, google, Great Firewall of China, GSMA, iChat, imessage, ios, iOS 18, iPhone, iphone security, MLS, RCS, RCS protocol, SB Blogwatch, SMS, SMS messages
No More Barf-Green Bubbles? GSM Association is “excited” to bring Apple and Google closer together, but encryption is still lacking ...
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South Korean iPhone Ban: MDM DMZ PDQ
Richi Jennings | | android, Apple, Apple iOS, Apple iPhone, bring your own device, byod, byod challenges, BYOD policy, BYOD Security, clandestine iPhone tracking, iPhone, iPhone and iPad, iphone security, Korea, Korean military, MDM, military, military grade security, Military Security, Mobile Device Management (MDM), North Korea, northkorea, Noth Korea, Operational military strategy, opsec, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, SB Blogwatch, South Korea, southkorea
MDM Hindered: Android phones are still OK; this is Samsung’s home, after all ...
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Apple Warns of ‘Mercenary Spyware Attacks’ on iPhone Users
Apple reportedly is alerting iPhone users in 92 countries that they may have been the targets of attacks using “mercenary spyware,” a term that the company is now using in such alerts ...
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Apple OTP FAIL: ‘MFA Bomb’ Warning — Locks Accounts, Wipes iPhones
Richi Jennings | | 2fa, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA phishing, 2FA solution, 2FA/MFA, Apple, apple bug, Apple Data Security, apple hack, apple hacker, Apple iCloud, Apple ID, Apple ID failure, Apple iOS, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, bypass 2FA, MFA, MFA Bombing, mfa fatigue, MFA hacks, mfa protection, mfasecurity, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), OTP, OTP circumvention bot, OTP interception bot, phishing-resistant MFA, push otp, SB Blogwatch, TOTP, two-factor-authentication.2fa
Rethink different: First, fatigue frightened users with multiple modal nighttime notifications. Next, call and pretend to be Apple support ...
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Secure Your iPhone: Exploring Stolen Device Protection
Tom Eston | | Apple iPhone, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Fraud, Information Security, Infosec, ios, iOS 17.3, mobile device, mobile phone, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, smartphone, smartphones, Stolen Device Protection, Stolen iPhone, Stolen Phone, technology, theft, Thief, Weekly Edition
In this episode, host Tom Eston provides a detailed explanation of the ‘Stolen Device Protection’ for iPhones – a new security feature by Apple. This feature triggers enhanced security factors such as ...

iPhone/iPad Warning: Update Now to Avoid Zero-Day Pain
Richi Jennings | | Apple, Apple iPhone, Apple zero-day, CVE-2023-42824, CVE-2023-5217, iOS 7, iPadOS Vulnerability, iPhone, iPhone and iPad, iphone update, SB Blogwatch, Zero Day Attacks, zero-day vulnerabilities, Zero-day Vulnerability, zero-days
Apple’s embarrassing regression: iOS 17.0.3 fixes yet more nasty zero-days (and the overheating bug) ...
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iPad and the Illusion of Privacy
It's been a bad week for Apple. First the wifi choked at Steve Job's iPhone 4 demo at WWDC. And now Gawker has reported that AT&T inadvertently leaked the email addresses of ...
Locking Down the iPhone
The Center for Information Security has just published a report on secure configurations for the iPhone.iPhones are a thorn in the side of many security administrators. While locking down Blackberries and other ...