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Apple Rushes Out Patches After “VIPs” Get Hacked—Your Emo Playlist Still at Risk

April 22, 2025 by Edward Silha

Apple just pushed out emergency updates across iOS, macOS, and other platforms to squash two zero-day bugs that were actively being exploited. But before you panic: unless you’re someone Apple might actually send a holiday card to, you’re probably not the target. Their official language? These vulnerabilities were used against “specific targeted individuals.” Translation: celebrities, high-ranking officials, or people who pay someone else to clean their AirPods.

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Filed Under: Blog, Cybersecurity Tagged With: Apple zero-day update, Core Audio vulnerability, emergency Apple patch, Google Threat Analysis Group, iOS security flaw, macOS security, VIP hacks

Not Great Fortinet, Not Great At All…

April 21, 2025 by Edward Silha

So… turns out one of the leading enterprise security products forgot the “security” part. More than 16,000 Fortinet devices exposed to the internet have been found carrying a persistent symlink backdoor—one that grants read-only access to sensitive files.

Think of it like your firewall handing out backstage passes to anyone named “admin,” no questions asked.

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Filed Under: Blog, Cybersecurity Tagged With: config file leak, cyberattack, firewall breach, Fortinet, network security, persistent access, SSL-VPN, symlink backdoor, vulnerability

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