OSX.DazzleSpy is a new macOS implant targeting Hong Kong pro-democracy websites. It affects the Safari browser on macOS.
Smart iPhone Tricks
Dr. Mac rhapsodizes about recent iPhone innovations he finds impressive.
Facebook Rolls Out End-to-End Encrypted Chats for Everyone
End-to-end encrypted chats are now available for all users of Facebook Messenger, the company announced. This includes group chats and calls.
Last year, we announced that we began testing end-to-end encryption for group chats, including voice and video calls. We’re excited to announce that this feature is available to everyone. Now you can choose to connect with your friends and family in a private and secure way.
These secure chats remain opt-in only, instead of encrypted by default like actual private messaging apps.
Researchers Create First Silk-Based Physical Unclonable Function
Researchers from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea developed a silk-based physical unclonable function (PUF).
An NFT on OpenSea Can Steal Your IP Address
An NFT found on the OpenSea marketplace can steal visitors’ IP addresses, according to a repot from Motherboard.
Of course, websites often collect and store visitors’ IP addresses in virtue of how the sites function. OpenSea itself likely collects the IP addresses of visitors, like plenty of other sites, apps, or services. But here, an outside third party—the NFT seller—is able to gather information themselves on the people viewing the NFT, potentially without them knowing.
Apple's GDP Makes it 8th Richest Country in the World
If Apple was a country it would be the eighth richest in the world, according to analysis. Apple GDP would be just over US$900 billion.
Apple May Turn Your iPhone Into a Credit Card Payment Terminal
Tap to pay is ubiquitous for all smartphone users, but Apple may use it to turn your iPhone into a standalone credit card payment terminal.
'The Matrix Resurrections' Now Available to Rent or Buy on Apple TV
The newest movie in the franchise, The Matrix Resurrections is now available to buy or rent on Apple TV. Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Lambert Wilson reprise their roles from the previous films, and they are joined by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The film is set sixty years after Revolutions and follows Neo, who lives a seemingly ordinary life as a video game developer troubled with distinguishing dreams from reality. A group of rebels, with the help of a programmed version of Morpheus, free Neo from a new version of the Matrix and fight a new enemy that holds Trinity captive.
Apple TV+: Drama 'Pachinko' to Premiere March 25, 2022
Drama series Pachinko will debut globally on March 25, with the first three episodes released on Apple TV+ on that day.
Successor to 'Shrootless' Bug Attacks Mac SIP Feature
Researchers at Perception Point write about CVE-2022-22583, a successor to Shrootless that could let attackers bypass Mac SIP.
