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As for the Apple malware, the security firm did not say how many people appear to have been impacted, but it said that those who upgraded their operating systems to the latest versions seemed to be safe from the variant of the attack that creates draft emails.

To increase security at this stage, Apple added a further authentication requirement to ensure that the cardholder is actually the person attempting to register a card.

Mozilla's brief came amid renewed attention to the process for disclosing computer security flaws discovered by federal agencies, following a recent standoff between Apple and the FBI over a locked iPhone linked to a shooter involved in a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., in which 14 people were killed.

By now, most people are likely aware of the government's attempts to use the All Writs Act from 1789 as a tool to force Apple write new software with weaker security so that feds could unlock an iPhone 5c they had in custody.

The FBI recently issued a court order to break into the iPhone owned by the San Bernardino shooter, who killed 14 people back in December — but Apple's CEO believes what it's being asked to do is «the software equivalent of cancer,» since a back door would severely undermine the privacy and security of everyone who uses an iPhone or iPad.

Apple designed HomeKit from the beginning to be secure and to side - step the security shortcomings of many early smarthome products and to give people peace of mind when linking sensitive components, like home locks and security cameras, to their network and the greater Internet.

With some people even using Notes to store passwords for various sites and services, Apple's security - enhanced update is well worth checking out.Creating a Password in Notes on iOSThe steps needed to set up a

Many people in the security community lambasted the government as stupid, uneducated, and evil, Stamos said, and the combative approach didn't do Apple any favors as it fought the government's order to unlock the iPhone.

While security - focused persons and parties are still debating the merits of Apple's Face ID technology, those on the entertainment, especially the gaming, camp have long been sold on it.

Craig Federighi has become the go - to person to talk about Apple's new biometric security feature in the iPhone X, called Face ID, and he most recently spoke with John Gruber to go over some talking points.

But Apple now has more than 1 billion devices running iOS, and any security flaws or problems impact millions of people on a much larger scale than macOS has ever experienced.

There was a burst of outrage about having fingerprint data in your phone for security reasons until people learned how Apple was storing it (in the Secure Enclave within the processor chip and not available in the phone's memory).