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ShadyShader: Crashing Apple M-Series Devices with a Single Click
Introduction A while ago, we discovered an interesting vulnerability in Apple’s M-series chips that allowed us to freeze and crash Apple devices by exploiting a flaw in the GPU’s driver. This vulnerability, ...

Apple Enrages IT — 45-Day Cert Expiration Fury
CA/B testing: Ludicrous proposal draws ire from “furious” systems administrators ...

Emergency Satellite Messaging, Stagnation in User Cybersecurity Habits
In the milestone 350th episode of the Shared Security Podcast, the hosts reflect on 15 years of podcasting, and the podcast’s evolution from its beginnings in 2009. They discuss the impact of ...

iPhone Mirroring Flaw Could Expose Employee Personal Information
A flaw in Apple's mirroring feature within the iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia software updates compromises personal privacy when used on work Macs, according to a report from Sevco Security ...

E2EE is MIA in iPhone/Android Chat — GSMA Gonna Fix it
No More Barf-Green Bubbles? GSM Association is “excited” to bring Apple and Google closer together, but encryption is still lacking ...

Apple Seeks to Drop Its Lawsuit Against Spyware Maker NSO
Apple wants its three-year-old lawsuit against spyware maker NSO to be dismissed, citing the surveillance software maker's declining dominance of the expanding market and fears that its own threat intelligence could be ...
Apple’s AI Challenges in the EU: A Casual Take
So, Apple has stated that it is uncertain if it is bringing some of its AI features to the EU -- there’s a lot to unpack here. They say they're unsure if their ...

‘Perfect 10’ Apple Supply Chain Bug — Millions of Apps at Risk of CocoaPods RCE
Tim looks grim: 10 year old vulnerabilities in widely used dev tool include a CVSS 10.0 remote code execution bug ...

EU Opens the App Store Gates: A Call to Arms for MDM Implementation
By introducing a mobile device management (MDM) platform into the existing infrastructure, administrators gain the ability to restrict sideloading on managed devices ...

Citizen Lab vs. NSO Group, Apple AI and Privacy
In episode 334, hosts Tom Eston, Scott Wright, and Kevin Johnson discuss two major topics. First, they explore the ongoing legal battle between Citizen Lab and the Israeli spyware company NSO Group ...