Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:33:59 +0000

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) briefed Capitol Hill staff recently on hardening the security of their mobile devices, after a contacts list stolen from the personal phone of the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was reportedly used to fuel a series of text messages and phone calls impersonating her to U.S. lawmakers. But in a letter this week to the FBI, one of the Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers says the feds aren’t doing enough to recommend more appropriate security protections that are already built into most consumer mobile devices.

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Adobe, Apple, Google & Microsoft Patch 0-Day Bugs

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:36:01 +0000

Microsoft today issued software updates to fix at least five dozen security holes in Windows and supported software, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited. Also, Adobe, Google Chrome and Apple iOS users may have their own zero-day patching to do.

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iOS Lockdown Mode effective against NSO zero-click exploit

Categories: Apple

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: Apple

Tags: Lockdown Mode

Tags: NSO

Tags: PWNYOURHOME

Tags: FINDMYPWN

Tags: LATENTIMAGE

Apple’s Lockdown Mode has shown that it can do what it was designed to do by notifying users about an NSO exploit.

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Wormable Flaw, 0days Lead Sept. 2022 Patch Tuesday

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:23:45 +0000

This month’s Patch Tuesday offers a little something for everyone, including security updates for a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Windows that is under active attack, and another Windows weakness experts say could be used to power a fast-spreading computer worm. Also, Apple has also quashed a pair of zero-day bugs affecting certain macOS and iOS users, and released iOS 16, which includes a nifty new privacy and security feature called “Lockdown Mode.” And Adobe axed 63 vulnerabilities in a range of products.

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