Safari

Apple warns of three WebKit vulns under active exploitation, dozens more CVEs across its range

High school student and Amnesty International named among bug-finders

Security19 May 2023 | 14

Google Chrome fights the power drain (again)

Battery usage optimization comes to Apple MacBooks

Software28 Feb 2023 | 6

Google, Mozilla to collaborate with Apple on fresh Webkit browser benchmark

The lions shall lie down with the lamb on 'cross-industry' Speedometer v.3

Software19 Dec 2022 | 3

How refactoring code in Safari's WebKit resurrected 'zombie' security bug

Fixed in 2013, reinstated in 2016, exploited in the wild this year

Research21 Jun 2022 | 14

If Twitter forgets your timeline preference, and you're using Safari, this is why

Privacy through amnesia not ideal for remembering user choice

Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 16

Safari is crippling the mobile market, and we never even noticed

Opinion With web apps, Apple insists on taking the pith helmet

Applications23 May 2022 | 137

Outlook bombards Safari users with endless downloads

Updated Mystery zero-byte file deluge makes site unusable, hundreds of netizens complain

Applications04 May 2022 | 45

Three major browsers are about to hit version 100. Will websites cope?

Build numbers causing problems: Truly, what is new is old again

Applications17 Feb 2022 | 59

US DoD staffer with top-secret clearance stole identities from work systems to apply for loans

In brief Plus: Apple patches exploited-in-the-wild bug, White House zero-trust order, and more

Security27 Jan 2022 | 20

Infosec chap: I found a way to hijack your web accounts, turn on your webcam from Safari – and Apple gave me $100k

Now you see a harmless PNG. Now it's a malicious payload. Look into my eyes

Security26 Jan 2022 | 20

Apple preps fix for Safari's web-history-leaking IndexedDB privacy bug

Disclosure of WebKit flaw appears to have prodded iBiz to undertake repairs

Security21 Jan 2022 | 20

Bug in WebKit's IndexedDB implementation makes Safari 15 leak Google account info... and more

Glitch is spilling private data and there's not much Apple users can do about it

Security17 Jan 2022 | 40

Apple's Safari browser runs the risk of becoming the new Internet Explorer – holding the web back for everyone

Feature WebKit engine is well behind the competition

Software22 Oct 2021 | 146

Bad Apple Safari update breaks IndexedDB JavaScript API, upsets web apps

Developers fed up with iGiant neglecting non-native software

Applications16 Jun 2021 | 8

UK watchdog would cease to enforce data protection law if Supreme Court sided with Google, its lawyer tells judges

Plus: Anti-Chocolate Factory campaign says it'll collect all the class-action damages, thank you

Legal30 Apr 2021 | 32

Billions in data protection lawsuits rides on Google's last-ditch UK Supreme Court defence for Safari Workaround sueball

Biggest data protection case for years teeters on brink

Security29 Apr 2021 | 35

JavaScript-based address bar spoofing vulns patched in Safari, Yandex, Opera

Are you where you think you are, or are you where I want you to think you are?

Security24 Oct 2020 | 10

iOS 14 suffers app preference amnesia: Rebooting an iThing resets browser, email client defaults back to Safari, Mail

You didn't want to run that hot Cupertino code? Too bad, loser

Personal Tech18 Sep 2020 | 26

Flashy tabs and no Flash: Apple rolls out Safari 14 to macOS Catalina, Mojave users

End of the line for Adobe's multimedia nightmare on iGiant's browser

Software17 Sep 2020 | 2

Flaw hunter bags $75,000 off Apple after duping Safari into spying through iPhone, Mac cameras without permission

Bug that let malicious site snoop on users squashed, so make sure you're on the most recent version

OSes07 Apr 2020 | 2

Stuck inside with nothing to do? Apple fires out security fixes for iOS, macOS, wrist-puters... and something weird called iTunes for Windows

Dozens of bugs swatted in latest Cupertino updates

OSes25 Mar 2020 | 14

If you're serious about browser privacy, you should probably pass on Edge or Yandex, claims Dublin professor

Merging search and address bar means more data for the tech giants

Security27 Feb 2020 | 64

Apple drops a bomb on long-life HTTPS certificates: Safari to snub new security certs valid for more than 13 months

Keep your crypto below 398 days after September 1 and you're all good

Security20 Feb 2020 | 132

Safari's Intelligent Tracking Protection is misspelled, says Google: It should be Dumb Browser Stalking Enabler

Chocolate Factory boffins doubt Apple can fix it, either

Security22 Jan 2020 | 18

Apple's WebKit techs declare privacy circumvention to be a security issue

Bypass our tracking controls at your unspecified peril, warns maker of minor browser

Software16 Aug 2019 | 43

It's 2019 and you can still pwn an iPhone with a website: Apple patches up iOS, Mac bugs in July security hole dump

20 WebKit flaws among latest batch of bug fixes

OSes23 Jul 2019 | 13

Apple puts bullet through 'Do Not Track', FaceTime snooping bug and iOS vulnerabilities

Patch your iThings – there are at least two holes being exploited right now in the wild

Security07 Feb 2019 | 27

Plug in your iPhone, iPad, iPod, fire up the App Store: You have new Apple patches to install

Open the door, get on the floor – not so fast if you've an iPhone 4

OSes23 Jan 2019 | 20

DDoS sueball, felonious fonts, leaky Android file manager, blundering building security, etc etc

Roundup Plus, Safari security foiled by… a finger swipe?

Security19 Jan 2019 | 20

It's December 2018, and a rogue application can still tell your Apple Mac: I'm your El Capitan now

iOS, macOS, tvOS, Safari, and anyone for some reason using iTunes on Windows – get patching

OSes06 Dec 2018 | 11

Consumer group attempts to lob Safari workaround sueball at Google... again

Former Which? man Richard Lloyd takes case to Court of Appeal after High Court refusal

On-Prem04 Dec 2018 | 10

Apple emits its much-anticipated updates to Mac, AppleTV, and iOS

Security updates. What did you think we were referring to?

OSes30 Oct 2018 | 11

Web browsers sharpen knives for TLS 1.0, 1.1, tell protocols to dig their own graves for 2019

IE, Edge, Safari, Firefox, Chrome, all planning to deprecate lousy old versions by 2020

Security16 Oct 2018 | 21

High Court of England and Wales blocks iPhone Safari privacy suit against Google

'Google You Owe Us' hopes to appeal in cookie-muncher case

Legal08 Oct 2018 | 18

Safari, Edge fans: Is that really the website you think you're visiting? URL spoof bug blabbed

Egghead says Apple has yet to patch spoofing vulnerability

Security11 Sep 2018 | 13

Used iPhone Safari in 2011-12? You might qualify for Google bucks

Consumer rights group says firm owes 5.4 million Brit users after 'massive abuse of trust'

Legal30 Nov 2017 | 43

Microsoft Edge shock: Browser opts for Apple WebKit, Google Blink

On iOS and Android, cough

Personal Tech05 Oct 2017 | 40

How Apple is taming the ad biz. Just don't expect Google or Zuck to follow

Inside ITP, Safari's third-party cookie zapper

Legal22 Sep 2017 | 31

Apocalypse now: Ad biz cries foul over Apple's great AI cookie purge

It'll break the internet, cries Madison Ave

On-Prem18 Sep 2017 | 39

Microsoft won't patch Edge browser content security bypass

Tells Cisco's Talos it's a feature, not a bug. Apple and Google disagree and fixed it

Security07 Sep 2017 | 37

It's 2017 – and your Mac, iPad, iPhone can all be pwned by an e-book

Seven Apple updates, because it's not like you had anything else to patch today

OSes16 May 2017 | 33

It's nearly 2017 and JPEGs, PDFs, font files can hijack your Apple Mac, iPhone, iPad

Get patching now

OSes24 Oct 2016 | 49

Apple kills eavesdrop bug in FaceTime

Flaws also squashed in Safari, iTunes and iOS

OSes19 Jul 2016 | 11

Safari 10 dumps Flash, Java, Silverlight, QuickTime in the trash

Decaying flesh dropping off the Web's zombie plugins

Software15 Jun 2016 | 27

Chrome edges out IE for desktop browser crown

Microsoft slips to second in market share

Software03 May 2016 | 38

Apple is rolling WebRTC video-chat into Safari iOS, OS X browsers

WebKit could soon get support for open conferencing standard

Software13 Apr 2016 | 6

Safari iOS crashing: Suggestions snafu KOs the Apple masses

Fix your settings, or refresh your DNS? Give it a go and let us know

Personal Tech27 Jan 2016 | 28

Think you're all done patching? Not if you have any Apple gear

OS X, iOS, Safari, pretty much everything anyone still buys has been patched

Software09 Dec 2015 | 20

Yahoo! Mail! is! still! a! thing!, tries! blocking! Adblock! users!

Just wanted to prove it has enough users to pull off an A/B test

Legal21 Nov 2015 | 97

Apple fixes iOS 9.0.2 passcode loophole, kills 101 OS X security bugs

Patch now: El Capitan upgrade plus Safari, iThing software tweaks

Software30 Sep 2015 | 18

Have an iPhone? Mac? Just about anything else Apple flogs? Patch now

Massive update addresses iOS, OS X, and Safari security holes

Security13 Aug 2015 | 60

Sue us for Safari ad tracking? You'll be lucky, peons, cackles Google

Supreme Court appeal permission could let Chocolate Factory shut the floodgates

Legal29 Jul 2015 | 11

Apple gets around to fixing those 77 security holes in OS X Yosemite

Your OS X box can still be owned by, well, just about everything

Security30 Jun 2015 | 17

Apple extends idiot-tax operation, makes devs pay to fix Safari snafus

Cough up $99 a year or be left powerless, chortles Cupertino

Devops10 Jun 2015 | 21

Safari URL-spoofing vuln reveals how fanbois can be led astray

Here's website A. Oh, is that the address of website B?

Security20 May 2015 | 9

Apple swats Webkit bugs that bit it on Safari

Webkit history, page loading and everyday browsing holes plugged

Security07 May 2015 | 2