Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Protection / Encryption Apple is removing its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature for iCloud from the United Kingdom with immediate effect following government demands for backdoor access to encrypted user data. The development was first reported by Bloomberg. ADP for iCloud is an optional setting that ensures that users' trusted devices … [Read more...] about Apple Drops iCloud’s Advanced Data Protection in the U.K. Amid Encryption Backdoor Demands
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Atlassian Drops Patches for Critical Jira Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Atlassian has published a security advisory warning of a critical vulnerability in its Jira software that could be abused by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to circumvent authentication protections. Tracked as CVE-2022-0540, the flaw is rated 9.9 out of 10 on the CVSS scoring system and resides in Jira's authentication framework, Jira Seraph. Khoadha of Viettel Cyber … [Read more...] about Atlassian Drops Patches for Critical Jira Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Researcher Drops phpMyAdmin Zero-Day Affecting All Versions
A cybersecurity researcher recently published details and proof-of-concept for an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in phpMyAdmin—one of the most popular applications for managing the MySQL and MariaDB databases.phpMyAdmin is a free and open source administration tool for MySQL and MariaDB that's widely used to manage the database for websites created with WordPress, Joomla, and … [Read more...] about Researcher Drops phpMyAdmin Zero-Day Affecting All Versions