Apple’s latest update comes with an urgent ‘update now’ message.

A new mobile spyware platform called ZeroDayRAT is targeting iOS and Android users. Here's what you need to know.

Earlier this year, a developer was shocked by a message that appeared on his personal phone: “Apple detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone.” “I was panicking,” Jay Gibson, ...

Apple is warning users about a surge in highly advanced “mercenary spyware” attacks that can take control of a device without the user ever clicking anything. The company says the attacks are aimed at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Apple has just warned that two iPhone vulnerabilities “may have been ...

Apple recently patched two zero-days, one of which shares a CVE with a mysterious Google vulnerability disclosed last week. The two flaws were in WebKit, Apple's open source Web browser engine.

Apple is announcing a major expansion and redesign of its bug bounty program, doubling maximum payouts, adding new research categories, and introducing a more transparent reward structure. Since the ...

If you’re one of the millions of iPhone users who’ve yet to upgrade to the latest operating system, you may be at risk of mercenary spyware ending up on your phone. In December, Apple released the iOS ...

Apple has announced what it describes as a “major evolution” of its Apple Security Bounty program. The company says the program has paid out more than $35 million to more than 800 security researchers ...

Notepad++ update servers were compromised for 6 months in 2025. Learn how the Chrysalis backdoor targeted users and why you must manually update to version 8.9.1 now.