Morning Overview on MSN

Apple issues a major warning that affects millions of users

Apple has escalated its security messaging from routine updates to a sweeping warning that affects virtually every iPhone ...
MacRumors

Apple Shares Private Cloud Compute Virtual Research Environment, Provides Bounties for Vulnerabilities

Private Cloud Compute is a cloud intelligence system that Apple designed for private artificial intelligence processing, and it's what Apple is using to keep Apple Intelligence requests secure when ...
MacRumors

Security Database Used by Apple Goes Independent After Funding Cut [Updated]

Update: Following the CVE Foundation's announcement (below), CISA has said the U.S. government is extending funding to ensure no continuity issues with the critical Common Vulnerabilities and ...
Bleeping Computer

Apple backports zero-day patches to older iPhones and Macs

Apple has released security updates that backport fixes for actively exploited vulnerabilities that were exploited as zero-days to older versions of its operating systems. At the same time, the ...
Lifehacker

Apple's Latest Security Patch Fixes Two Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Apple releases five updates across these device categories: That's iOS 18.4.1 for iPhones, iPadOS 18.4.1 for iPads, macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 for Macs, tvOS 18.4.1 for Apple TVs, and visionOS 2.4.1 for ...
Computerworld

Apple defines what we should expect from cloud-based AI securityAdvanced Data Protection for iCloud

If Apple can make a cloud-based AI system that is transparent and open to security research at this level, every other firm offering such services should do the same — if they care about protecting ...
Computerworld

Hackers lean into social engineering to attack Apple security — Jamf

Every Mac, iPhone, or iPad user should do everything they can to protect themselves against social engineering-based phishing attacks, a new report from Jamf warns. In a time of deep international ...