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Apple today introduced three advanced security features focused on protecting against threats to user data in the cloud, representing the next step in its ongoing effort to provide users with even stronger ways to protect their data. With (1) iMessage Contact Key Verification, users can verify they are communicating only with whom they intend. With (2) Security Keys ...

Every developer should watch the 5 videos about DocC from WWDC. But it's really a plaintive cry for help. Until Apple squares up and addresses the problem, it can only grow worse.

  Apple has updated its Platform Security Guide, providing more information about how the Unlock with Apple Watch feature in iOS 14.5 and Touch ID on the iMac Magic Keyboard works. The company routinely updates the security guide to incorporate information about new features. The Platform Security Guide contains detailed and in-depth information about Apples privacy and security mechanisms. For example, the update on Monday sheds new light on the secure channel between the Magic Keyboard with ...

The feature uses the same mechanism as auto unlock for Mac. The guide states that a mutually authenticated station-to-station (STS) protocol that uses long-term keys that are established when the feature is enabled. Once two devices are paired, unique and ephemeral keys are negotiated for each unlock request. Apple says the tunnel is negotiated directly between the Secure Enclave is both devices. That means all cryptographic material is kept within that secured box. The distance between the tw...

Apple Made Sudden Security Changes to its Chips in Fall 2020 Monday April 12, 2021 8:15 am PDT by Hartley Charlton Apple made unusual mid-production hardware changes to the A12, A13, and S5 processors in its devices in the fall of 2020 to update the Secure Storage Component, according to Apple Support documents. According to an Apple Support page, spotted by Twitter user Andrew Pantyukhin, Apple changed the Secure Enclave in a number of products in the fall of 2020: Note: A12, A13, S4, and S5 p...

Apple updates its Platform Security Guide with details about M1 Macs The guide officially says Apple will stop supporting kernel extensions in future versions of macOS Apple rolled out an updated version of its ‘Platform Security Guide,’ which offers a comprehensive overview of the latest security changes and improvements across the company’s software ecosystems. The guide details changes across iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS, Big Sur, tvOS 14, watchOS 7 and more. MacRumorspublish...

A security research team at Red Canary stumbled on new malware infecting Macs. About 30,000 Macs have been infected by the malware. Apple has revoked the developer certificate and says that no new Macs have been infected

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M1 Macs have another hidden boot mode However sparse Apple’s documentation might have become, when it does explain things properly, it’s amazing what’s revealed in the detail. One document every serious Mac user should read and refer to repeatedly is the Platform Security Guide, which Apple has just revised to give all the gory details of how M1 Macs start up. In the course of doing that, it reveals that these new models have a boot mode which doesn’t appear to be documented anywhere e...

Apple M1 malware: A cybersecurity researcher has discovered the first malware made to target Apple ARM-based M1 chipset via the Safari browser.