A new as-yet unpatched weakness in Apple's iCloud Private Relay feature could be circumvented to leak users' true IP addresses from iOS devices running the latest version of the operating system. Introduced with iOS 15, which was officially released this week, iCloud Private Relay aims to improve anonymity on the web by employing a dual-hop architecture that effectively shields … [Read more...] about Apple’s New iCloud Private Relay Service Leaks Users’ Real IP Addresses
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Apple’s Find My Network Can be Abused to Exfiltrate Data From Nearby Devices
Latest research has demonstrated a new exploit that enables arbitrary data to be uploaded from devices that are not connected to the Internet by simply sending "Find My Bluetooth" broadcasts to nearby Apple devices. "It's possible to upload arbitrary data from non-internet-connected devices by sending Find My [Bluetooth Low Energy] broadcasts to nearby Apple devices that then … [Read more...] about Apple’s Find My Network Can be Abused to Exfiltrate Data From Nearby Devices
Malware That Spreads Via Xcode Projects Now Targeting Apple’s M1-based Macs
A Mac malware campaign targeting Xcode developers has been retooled to add support for Apple's new M1 chips and expand its features to steal confidential information from cryptocurrency apps. XCSSET came into the spotlight in August 2020 after it was found to spread via modified Xcode IDE projects, which, upon the building, were configured to execute the payload. The malware … [Read more...] about Malware That Spreads Via Xcode Projects Now Targeting Apple’s M1-based Macs
Bug in Apple’s Find My Feature Could’ve Exposed Users’ Location Histories
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed two distinct design and implementation flaws in Apple's crowdsourced Bluetooth location tracking system that can lead to a location correlation attack and unauthorized access to the location history of the past seven days, thereby by deanonymizing users. The findings are a consequence of an exhaustive review undertaken by the Open … [Read more...] about Bug in Apple’s Find My Feature Could’ve Exposed Users’ Location Histories