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Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 08:05:00 -0700

Update for iOS 10.3.2

Apple still has not patched the hole allowing you to bypass the iPhone lock screen. As of iOS 10.3.2 (and the 10.3.3 beta), you can still trick Siri into getting into a person’s iPhone.

It works like this:

Press the home button using a finger not associated with your fingerprint authentication, prompting Siri to wake up.
Say to Siri: Cellular data.

Siri will then open the cellular data settings where you can turn off cellular data.

Anyone can do this—it doesn’t have to be the person who “trained” Siri.

By also turning off Wi-Fi, you cut off her connectivity access. You will get an error saying, “Siri not available. You are not connected to the internet.” But you don’t care about that error because you have already bypassed the iPhone lock screen.

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ComputerWorld Independent

The paranoid Mac traveler’s 10-point data protection checklist

June 30, 2017 admin iOS, MacOS, privacy, Security

Credit to Author: Richard Hoffman| Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 03:01:00 -0700

Here’s an increasingly common scenario: You’re on a business trip, either entering a foreign country or returning home. As you go through customs, a border-control agent asks you to turn on and hand over your iPhone, then starts poking around, looking at your text messages, call logs and apps. The agent then asks you to wake your MacBook, log into your social media accounts and open your email. After the agent reads your tweets and posts for a few minutes, your phone and laptop are taken “for further inspection” — and returned some time later.

Alternatively, the equivalent of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in a foreign country declares that all laptops on international flights must be put in checked baggage — a scenario only narrowly averted a few weeks ago. Your company laptop is properly checked in, but when you arrive at your destination, you discover that not only has your bag been searched, but your laptop appears to have been opened and powered on.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Why Apple’s future’s up on ransomware

June 28, 2017 admin Apple Mac, iOS, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:59:00 -0700

This week’s big security story is the so-called ‘Petya’ ransomware attack. It is not the first such attack, won’t be the last, and its success will prompt cybercriminals to attack again, and again, and again. In this new threat environment, there are zero excuses for any enterprise, public or private, to be running Windows XP, or any other insecure platform.

Even the cops

Chronic underfunding and a conservative government ideologically committed to cuts mean key UK public services remain under threat of cyberattack. In recent weeks, the National Health Service saw its computing systems fail because they relied too much on unprotected Windows systems. This morning we learned that the UK’s Metropolitan Police force still uses over 18,000 computers running Windows XP. The key police force of the UK’s biggest city is therefore currently vulnerable to cyber-attack.

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ComputerWorld Independent

With Cisco, Apple weaves itself into enterprise infrastructure

June 27, 2017 admin iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 07:15:00 -0700

Apple is on course to become the most secure platform provider in the modern enterprise, and Cisco is helping this happen.

You heard that right

“If your enterprise and company is using Cisco and Apple the combination should make the [cybersecurity] insurance cost significantly less for you than it would if you were using some other personal network side and the other operating system in the mobile area,” Apple CEO, Tim Cook, told Cisco Live.

This is a big deal and Cook’s appearance at the show confirms the growing bond between the two firms – and confirms (all over again) that Apple is resolute in its determination to transform enterprise IT infrastructure. Cook even cited the “deeper partnership” with Cisco.

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ComputerWorld Independent

8 reasons why you should strengthen your iOS passcode today

June 23, 2017 admin iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 06:57:00 -0700

Every enterprise IT manager knows the ghastly truth: the biggest security weaknesses in any system are the humans using it. So, if you are one of the nearly one-in-ten iOS users (or even the one-in-three Android users) who don’t use a passcode, if you happen to be one of the many who use the same passcode for everything, or even one of the 15 percent of users who still insist on using any of these ten passcodes, then this article is for you. It’s time to toughen up. Here’s why:

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ComputerWorld Independent

How IT should prep for Apple's public OS betas

June 22, 2017 admin iOS, MacOS, Security, Technology Industry

Credit to Author: Ryan Faas| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 09:22:00 -0700

As has become Apple’s standard practice in recent years, the company will soon roll out public betas of iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra. Both are expected to arrive by the end of June.

Public betas can be useful for Apple and other tech companies. They accelerate feedback and can ensure that bugs — including ones that internal testing might not spot — get fixed before the final version of an operating system ships. And because public betas are exciting for early adopters who want to play with new features of an upcoming upgrade before everyone else, they tend to generate useful buzz.

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Security Sophos

Aggiorna il tuo iPhone per evitare di essere hackerato tramite Wi-Fi

May 18, 2017 admin apple, iOS, Le nuove minacce, Per gli utenti, Protezione dei dati

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 05:55:21 +0000

Aggiorna il tuo iPhone per evitare di essere hackerato tramite Wi-Fi Sono passati solo pochi giorni dall’ultimo aggiornamento di sicurezza di Apple per iOS grazie al quale sono state patchate decine di gravi vulnerabilità di sicurezza. Come abbiamo accennato recentemente, gli ultimi aggiornamenti di iOS e MacOS 10.3 10.12.4 hanno incluso numerose correzioni che avevano […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=2262&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/2akWahPrFNg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Wired

Hundreds of Apps Can Listen for Marketing ‘Beacons’ You Can’t Hear

May 2, 2017 admin advertising, Android, data, iOS, privacy, Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 11:00:16 +0000

Hundreds of Apps Can Listen for Marketing ‘Beacons’ You Can’t Hear

So-called ultrasonic beacons are becoming even more popular with marketers. Here’s how to shut them out. The post Hundreds of Apps Can Listen for Marketing ‘Beacons’ You Can’t Hear appeared first on WIRED.