This is the third Op-Ed of a Symposium on the Apple State Aid case (C‑465/20 P). Previous Op-Eds have been authored by Romero J. S. Tavares and Scott Wilkie. More Op-Eds will follow soon in EU Law Live. The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘the Court of Justice’ or the ‘Court’) in … Read more
Apple has issued a new round of threat notifications to iPhone users across 98 countries, warning them of potential mercenary spyware attacks. It’s the second such alert campaign from the company this year, following a similar notification sent to users in 92 nations in April. Since 2021, Apple has been regularly sending these notifications, reaching … Read more
This is the first Op-Ed of a Symposium on the Apple State Aid case ( C‑465/20 P). More Op-Eds will follow soon in EU Law Live. The recent final ruling on the Apple State-Aid case surprised many commentators, including this author, who trusted the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘the Court’) would be a … Read more
Oct 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Mobile Security Apple has released iOS and iPadOS updates to address two security issues, one of which could have allowed a user’s passwords to be read out aloud by its VoiceOver assistive technology. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44204, has been described as a logic problem in the new Passwords … Read more
A large-scale fraud campaign leveraged fake trading apps published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as phishing sites, to defraud victims, per findings from Group-IB. The campaign is part of a consumer investment fraud scheme that’s also widely known as pig butchering, in which prospective victims are lured into making … Read more