After many years of reporting on cybersecurity, there’s an often-repeated phrase that I want focus on: cybersecurity is a team sport. The premise is that everyone has a role to…
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Apple issues security updates for most of its core software
Apple has issued security updates for many of its operating platforms. iOS and iPadOS 18.4.1, macOS 15.4.1, tvOS 18.4.1 and visionOS 2.4.1 address a vulnerability that has been active exploited…
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Apple explains how it builds LLMs while protecting privacy
One of the biggest criticisms of generative AI is that many of the models used to train these systems comes from data that was obtained without the explicit consent of…
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CSIRO calls out ineffective deepfake detection tools
A study by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and South Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) assessed 16 leading detectors and found none could reliably identify real-world deepfakes. The international team of…
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Apple v The UK Government continues
Just a couple of weeks after Apple turned off Advanced Data Protection in the UK, following that government’s decision to try to compel Apple to weaken encryption, the saga has…
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US officials lobbying to block UK access to encrypted iCloud
Members of the US Congress, from both sides of the political spectrum, are lobbying newly installed National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard demand that the United Kingdom retract its order. The…
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Apple release iOS 18.3.1, iPadOS 18.3.1 and macOS 15.3.1
Apple has let fly with a slew of system updates for its major operating platforms. watchOS also gets a minor refresh with version 11.3.1 and visionOS isn’t left out. iOS…
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UK government wants to break personal privacy for the whole world
Security agencies in the United Kingdom have ordered Apple to give them full access to encrypted data on iCloud drives regardless of the data owner’s country of origin or location….
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The CrowdStrike lesson – risk recognition, single points of failure and Zero Trust
It’s been a couple of months since the CrowdStrike incident occurred and the world is starting to resume some sort of normality after massive technology outage that was caused by…
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Google accelerates the switch to passkeys
Whether you love or hate Google, it’s indisputable that the search and advertising giant has a massive influence on the technology we use. The company’s push to make passkeys the…
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