New emojis in iOS 14.5 means that BILLIONS of security patches will be applied today. Incentives matter.
Ryan Naraine
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- Microsoft bows to pressure. Windows Recall will be turned off by default.
- iPad hardware microphone disconnects via sensor when the case is closed
- A discontinued insulin pump is in demand *because* it contains a security vuln that can be exploited to provide healthcare
- So far, 66 documented 0day attacks in 2021: - Microsoft: 20 (Exchange, Offfice, IE, PrintSpooler, Windows kernel, etc.) - Apple 15 (iOS, macOS, WebKit, etc.) - Google: 11 (7 Chrome, 4 Android) - Sonicwall - 4 - Adobe - 2
- Outgoing notifications: "Okta is currently experiencing a trust event that potentially affects your organization." Is that we're calling it now? A trust event?
- Get off Twitter and patch your iPhones.
- Everytime I bump into Apple security friends at cons, I ask them to peek at my iOS settings for red-flags. The first place they tap is to look at installed configuration profiles
- Apple iOS 16.1 is out, includes fix for "actively exploited" zero-day (CVE-2022-42827).
- Three cybersecurity acquisitions this week: - FireEye buys Verodin - $250M - Palo Alto buys Twistlock - $410M - Insight Partners buys Recorded Future - $780M $1.44 billion
- China releases 'UBIOS' standard to replace UEFI ā Huawei-backed BIOS firmware replacement charges China's domestic computing goals
