Tag Archives: iOS

iOS, macOS, Safari: Emergency updates close vulnerabilities

Posted on 2023-12-01 by guenni

[German]Apple released updates for iOS, macOS and Safai a few hours ago. These emergency updates are intended to close critical security vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-42916 & CVE-2023-42917) that are already under attack. These vulnerabilities can expose sensitive data while browsing. So it's … Continue reading →

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iLeakage: Unpatched Safari vulnerability – iOS 17.1 & macOS 14.1 released

Posted on 2023-10-27 by guenni

[German]Apple has already released iOS 17.1 (also iPadOS) and macOS 14.1 on October 25, 2023. iOS 17.1 probably fixes an Exchange synchronization bug (described here in the blog), as a reader reports. In addition, a bug that reveals the MAC … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Exchange Active Sync-Bug in iOS 17.0.3

Posted on 2023-10-18 by guenni

[German]Brief note to administrators who manage mobile devices with a mail connection to Microsoft's Exchange. A reader informed me about an annoying bug in iOS 17.0.3, which leads to problems with the appointment management (appointment commitments are delivered multiple times). … Continue reading →

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iOS 17.0.3 fixes CVE-2023-42824 and the iPhone 15 heat problem

Posted on 2023-10-05 by guenni

[German]Apple released the update to iOS 17.0.3 for compatible iPhone models on October 4, 2023. On the one hand, this update is supposed to close the vulnerability CVE-2023-42824 in libvpx. On the other hand, Apple promises to fix the heat … Continue reading →

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iOS 17: Checks if the location settings have been changed

Posted on 2023-09-26 by guenni

If you have an iPhone that has been updated to iOS 17, you should check the settings after the update. It could be that the location tracking settings have been changed and a disabled location tracking has been turned back … Continue reading →

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iOS 17.0.1, iPadOS 17.0.1, watchOS 10.0.1 and macOS security updates (Sept. 21, 2023).

Posted on 2023-09-22 by guenni

[German]Apple has released updates to iOS 17.0.1, iPadOS 17.0.1, watchOS 10.0.1 and macOS as of September 21, 2023. These are unscheduled security updates that were due shortly after the release of iOS/iPadOS 17 and watchOS 10 and are intended to … Continue reading →

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Security updates for macOS, iOS/iPadOS close two 0-Days from NSO-Group (Pegasus Spyware)

Posted on 2023-09-08 by guenni

Apple has released another slew of security updates for its macOS, iOS/iPadOS and also WatchOS operating systems as of September 7, 2023. These updates fix two 0-day vulnerabilities that were abused by NSO Group's Pegasus spyware to monitor mobile devices. … Continue reading →

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New products (VR glasses, MacBook, etc.) announced at Apple WWDC (June 5, 2023)

Posted on 2023-06-06 by guenni

[German]Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) will take place from June 5 to 9, 2023. Yesterday, June 5, 2023, there were already a number of new announcements – an expected VR data glasses, a new MacBook Air, iOS/iPadOS 17 and … Continue reading →

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iOS 16.4.1(a): Rapid Security Responses Updates

Posted on 2023-05-02 by guenni

[German]Apple has released an unscheduled security update (Rapid Security Response Update) for iOS to version 16.4.1 (a) on May 1, 2023. However, there are reports that there are problems with this special update on iPhones. Advertising

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iOS 16.2: Sync issues with Polar Flow app 6.11

Posted on 2022-12-23 by guenni

We have iOS 16.2 and the Polar Flow app 6.11 was released on December 21, 2022. Blog reader Thomas B. just informed me via email that there were problems.  Quote: The Polar app 6.11 or older on an iOS 16.1.x … Continue reading →

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