Apple has released iOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 18.6.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 for the iPhone, iPad and Mac with unspecified security fixes.
Apple fixes iPhone, iPad and Mac security issues with iOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 18.6.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.6.1
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iOS security researcher Alfiecg_Dev begins a new career with Cellebrite Labs starting next month
Following in the footsteps of famed Dopamine jailbreak and TrollStore perma-signing utility lead developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev), @alfiecg_dev announced in a post shared to social media platform 𝕏 Friday morning that he will be joining the Cellebrite Labs team next month as a full time iOS security researcher.
Dropbox Passwords to undergo phased shut down starting next month
Dropbox Passwords, a password manager solution provided by popular cross-platform cloud storage company Dropbox, will be fully discontinued on October 28th, 2025 following a phased discontinuation schedule, according to an announcement shared this week by the company.
New TikTok controls let parents monitor consumption and upload of videos by teens; community notes launch in the US
TikTok has launched Family Pairing, a new set of parental controls that enable parents to monitor both the consumption and uploading of videos by teens.
An exploit involving Spotlight plugins could let attackers steal private metadata
Microsoft has discovered a Spotlight-related exploit in macOS that could enable attackers to steal private metadata from Apple apps and third-party apps.
Apple is updating parental controls with new child safety features, including permission to text new numbers
Apple has updated parental controls in iOS 26 and other operating systems with new child safety features, including permission to text new numbers.
Cellebrite acquiring Corellium virtualization company for $200M, raising eyebrows of privacy advocates
Two firms that the jailbreak community is vividly familiar with have made it in the news this week after Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite completed its acquisition of Corellium, a company renowned for its virtualization services that allow firms like Cellebrite to test their hacks and/or software on virtualized hardware, for $200 million.
Security researchers share PoC for CVE-2025-31200, a security vulnerability patched in iOS 18.4.1
In iOS & iPadOS 18.4.1, Apple patched CVE-2025-31200, which is a CoreAudio security vulnerability patch that could have enabled arbitrary code execution in the userspace process responsible for processing the malicious file. Apple was made aware of instances in which this vulnerability may have been used against specifically targeted individuals and consequently patched it with improved bounds checking.
Apple releases iPadOS 17.7.8 with important security fixes and, presumably, a fix for the app logging issue
Apple has released iPadOS 17.7.8 with important security fixes, including one for the app logging issue that plagued some iPad owners after installing iPadOS 17.7.7.
Alfiecg_dev shares details about an updated untethered iOS 14 jailbreak that uses the Trigon exploit
A couple of months ago, talented hobbyist and security researcher @alfiecg_dev shared a write-up on a deterministic kernel exploit called Trigon that was based on CVE-2023-32434 with a 100% success rate, but support was limited to certain older devices running older firmware. Since then, it appears that @alfiecg_dev has been busy…
Security researcher shares PoC for CVE-2023-41992 local privilege escalation bug
When Apple released iOS & iPadOS 16.7 back in 2023, they patched a security vulnerability discovered by Bill Marczak that has since been coined CVE-2023-41992. Apple noted in the online ‘About the security content of iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7’ support document page that this was a kernel vulnerability that may have enabled an attacker to elevate their privileges.
iOS 18.5 patches 30+ security vulnerabilities in Mail, Notes, FaceTime, iCloud document sharing and more
Install iOS 18.5 on your iPhone to get patches for more than thirty security vulnerabilities in Notes, FaceTime, Phone, iCloud document sharing and more.