Ray Fernandez

Ray Fernandez

New smishing campaign tries to steal Apple ID credentials: Header image
Apple ID security is extremely difficult to hack via malware. However, if criminals get hold of your Apple credentials, things can go wrong very fast. A recent report from Broadcom, the company that...
Jul 11, 2024
4 min read
Apple patched an AirPods vulnerability that allowed eavesdropping: Header image
Three years after a debate on the security of AirPods was ignited by the media reporting that United States Vice President Kamala Harris was “Bluetooth-phobic,” the story has come full circle. The claims...
Jul 5, 2024
5 min read
macOS stealer Poseidon is spread via ads for the Arc browser: Header image
Information stealers, currently among the top most dangerous cybercriminal threats to Apple devices, are often distributed via malicious Google Ads that impersonate known brands. Now, leveraging the increasing popularity of the Arc web...
Jul 4, 2024
6 min read
macOS vulnerabilities are increasingly under attack, report finds: Header image
For the past few years, macOS malware has been on the rise, with information stealers, malvertising, phishing, and AI-driven attacks impacting Apple users. But not all attacks start with malware.  As the software...
Jun 27, 2024
8 min read
New SatanStealer can steal passwords and phone numbers: Header image
Open-source malware hosted on GitHub is free to use and free to copy. It can be modified and customized, and it can be distributed to anyone. But while some malware repositories (project files...
Jun 21, 2024
5 min read
How to get rid of a fake Apple security alert and why you're seeing it (Header image)
Few things are as scary and nerve-racking as getting an alert that says you have been hacked and your private data may be at risk. When you get these types of messages, your...
Jun 19, 2024
9 min read
Is the ChatGPT integration in iOS 18 really a security concern? Header image
Apple’s new iOS 18, released at WWDC 2024, was met with positive first reactions by the international tech press and iPhone users. The new operating system, supercharged with AI, is Apple’s counter-offensive move...
Jun 19, 2024
8 min read
These cyber threats are trying to disrupt the 2024 Paris Olympics: Header image
For months, government officials in Paris have warned that an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks during the upcoming Olympic Games is expected. Now, with the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris rapidly approaching and scheduled to...
Jun 14, 2024
7 min read
Apple adds new privacy features to iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia: Header image
Artificial intelligence (AI) — or Apple Intelligence, as the company from Cupertino calls it — took front and center stage at the 2024 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. At WWDC 2024, Apple focused on the...
Jun 14, 2024
6 min read
What is whaling? Here's how hackers catch the big fish (Header image)
To define whale phishing we must understand the phases of a whaling attack and how it works. In this case, it starts with a cybercriminal, or a group of them, searching for a...
Jun 7, 2024
8 min read