iPadOS 26.2 Release Notes

iclarified - These are the full iPadOS 26.2 release notes for iPad. Apple released iPadOS 26.2 on December 12, 2025.Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, EmailFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube

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macOS 26.2 puts a light trick on Macs, and it surprised me in total darkness

2 months / digitaltrends

Update Now: iOS 26.2 Fixes 20 Security Vulnerabilities, 2 Actively Exploited

2 months / ycombinator

iOS 26.2 adds an AirDrop security tool that you shouldn’t ignore on your iPhone

2 months / digitaltrends

iOS 26.2 adds a new screen flash option to make notifications harder to miss

2 months / digitaltrends

iPadOS 26.2 Release Notes

2 months / iclarified

iOS 26.2 is here with another Liquid Glass tweak, new Podcasts features and more

2 months / engadget / Cheyenne MacDonald

Locked out: How a gift card purchase destroyed an Apple account

appleinsider - The locking of an Apple Account and the difficulty one loyal Apple customer has experienced in regaining access is a stark reminder to be vigilant when buying gift cards for the holidays.A selection of Apple Gift Card designs - Image Credit: AppleWhile ho…

#infosec #apple #techsupport #security #scam #privacy #payments #digitalid #digitalprivacy #wallet

Wild story. Developer who has spent their whole career in the Apple ecosystem, writing multiple books on developing for apple, has their account permanently locked for unclear reasons, and Apple employees prove unhelpful.

2 months / bsky / @reuning.bsky.social / reuning.bsky.social

Locked out: How a gift card purchase destroyed an Apple account

2 months / appleinsider

Paris Buttfield-Addison’s Apple Account Is in Kafka Mode

2 months / hey / John Gruber

Apple fixes two zero-day flaws exploited in an “extremely sophisticated attack” targeting specific individuals.

/u/ControlCAD / reddit - submitted by /u/ControlCAD [link] [comments]

#cybersecurity #infosec #apple #iphone #ios #security #macos #technology #patching #updates

Apple issues emergency security patches today after active zero-day exploits are discovered

2 months / reddit / /u/ProteanLabsJohn

Google and Apple roll out emergency security updates after zero-day attacks

2 months / reddit / /u/MRADEL90

Apple fixes two zero-day flaws exploited in an “extremely sophisticated attack” targeting specific individuals.

2 months / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Apple fixes two zero-day flaws exploited in 'sophisticated' attacks

2 months / bleepingcomputer / Lawrence Abrams

Intel Evaluates Wet Etch Equipment from China-Linked Supplier for 14A Node

techpowerup - Intel has conducted early tool qualification tests on wet etch systems from ACM Research as part of its preparations for the next-generation 14A node, which is scheduled for volume production in 2027. These evaluations have drawn external political attent…

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Intel Evaluates Wet Etch Equipment from China-Linked Supplier for 14A Node

2 months / techpowerup

Intel tests chipmaking tools from sanctioned China-focused tool maker, report claims — move could raise political and national security concerns, firm was backed by CEO Lip-Bu Tan's investment firm

2 months / tomshardware

Intel Evaluates Equipment Linked to China Export Blacklist

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

US plans to start checking all tourists' social media

/u/nimicdoareu / reddit - submitted by /u/nimicdoareu [link] [comments]

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #DHS #security #travel #privacy #immigration #law #digitalprivacy

US to demand five years of social media history from foreign travelers under new proposal

2 months / techspot

US could demand five-year social media history from tourists before allowing entry

2 months / engadget / Steve Dent

US May Demand 5 Years of Social Media History From Incoming Tourists

2 months / cnet / Gael Cooper

U.S. will require some tourists to hand over 5 years of social media

2 months / fastcompany / Anna-Louise Jackson

US plans to start checking all tourists' social media

2 months / reddit / /u/nimicdoareu

Welcome to America - now show us your last five years of social media posts

2 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: H200 China Deal Ignites Fierce Security Debate in Washington

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Nvidia received Trump administration approval to export H200 AI chips to China with 25% sales fee Reports indicate Beijing may restrict company access to H200 despite lifted export ban Huawei, Alibaba, and Baidu developed alternative AI chips during …

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Huawei Ascend 910C Accelerator's Maturation Allegedly Spurred NVIDIA H200 Export Reversal

2 months / techpowerup

US President gives Nvidia green light to sell advanced AI chips to China

2 months / reddit / /u/rezwenn

The Nvidia H200 export saga, as it happened — Beijing ponders response and buyers line up, while Blackwell remains locked behind restrictions

2 months / tomshardware

China holds 'emergency meetings' to discuss Nvidia H200 purchases following export rule change, report claims — ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba asked to assess demand

2 months / tomshardware

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: H200 China Deal Ignites Fierce Security Debate in Washington

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

xAI’s Colossus 2 – First Gigawatt Datacenter In The World, Unique RL Methodology, Capital Raise

5 months / semianalysis / Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros

Petco Files Data Breach Reports and Blames Inadvertent Software Setting

PYMNTS / pymnts - Petco has reported that a setting within one of its software applications made customers’ personal information accessible online. The retailer filed data breach reports in California, Massachusetts and Texas. The disclosures were flagged by PCMag in a Tue…

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Petco Files Data Breach Reports and Blames Inadvertent Software Setting

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Petco accidentally exposed heaps of customer information

2 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers’ personal information

2 months / techcrunch / Zack Whittaker

Google Adds Security Layers to Safeguard Agentic Browsing With Chrome

PYMNTS / pymnts - Google has announced new tools it will use to improve the safety of agentic browsing with Chrome. The tools are designed in part to combat “the primary new threat facing all agentic browsers,” indirect prompt injection, Nathan Parker, Chrome security team…

#ai #cybersecurity #cloudsec #google #browsers #aiethics #alphabet #security #gemini

Google details security guardrails for Chrome’s new AI agents

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Google says Chrome's new AI creates risks only more AI can fix

2 months / theregister / Thomas Claburn

if i worked at CMS i would eat every cookie just to spite him

2 months / bsky / @marisakabas.bsky.social / marisakabas.bsky.social

Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner

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#ai #cybersecurity #software #techpolicy #infosec #browsers #aiethics #security #privacy #technology

ChatGPT Atlas ranks as the least private browser in new study

2 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner

2 months / reddit / /u/roggahn

Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner

2 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

React2Shell remote code execution flaw exploited to breach organizations across multiple sectors, 77k IP addresses are vulnerable

/u/ControlCAD / reddit - submitted by /u/ControlCAD [link] [comments]

#cybersecurity #software #infosec #cloudsec #business #cybercrime #security #patching

Critical flaws found in AI development tools dubbed an 'IDEsaster' — data theft and remote code execution possible

2 months / tomshardware

React2Shell remote code execution flaw exploited to breach organizations across multiple sectors, 77k IP addresses are vulnerable

3 months / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

React2Shell flaw exploited to breach 30 orgs, 77k IP addresses vulnerable

3 months / bleepingcomputer / Lawrence Abrams

Apple, Samsung Protest India’s Smartphone Surveillance Proposal

Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - India is planning to mandate always-on satellite location tracking on all smartphones, which Apple, Google warn would turn phones into surveillance tools.The post Apple, Samsung Protest India’s Smartphone Surveillance Proposal first appeared on iPhone in …

#techpolicy #apple #samsung #government #india #security #privacy #smartphone #satellite #digitalprivacy

Govt Mulls Always-On Phone Location Tracking Proposal For Smartphones: Report

3 months / inc42 / Bhupendra Paintola

India Reviews Telecom Industry Proposal For Always-On Satellite Location Tracking

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Apple, Samsung Protest India’s Smartphone Surveillance Proposal

3 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

India is reportedly considering another draconian smartphone surveillance plan

3 months / engadget / Will Shanklin

Russia Blocks Apple's FaceTime Amid Crackdown on Encrypted Apps

Juli Clover / macrumors - Russia has blocked Apple's FaceTime video calling app in an ongoing effort to eliminate private communication methods, reports Reuters. Russia claims FaceTime is being used for criminal activity, and that blocking the app is a legitimate law enforcement m…

#mobile #apple #government #apps #security #russia #privacy #facetime #censorship #encryption

Russia Blocks Roblox, Apple's FaceTime

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Russia Pulls the Plug on FaceTime

3 months / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Russia blocks FaceTime and Snapchat over use in terrorist attacks

3 months / bsky / @infosec.skyfleet.blue / infosec.skyfleet.blue

Russia has cut off FaceTime over unproven terrorism support claims, and the move reflects a trend shared by governments worldwide that push for access to encrypted communication.

3 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Russia Blocks FaceTime and Snapchat, Pushes State-Backed ‘Max’ App in Digital Crackdown

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Russia reportedly bans Snapchat and FaceTime

3 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Russia blocks FaceTime and Snapchat over use in terrorist attacks

3 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Russia shutters FaceTime as it tightens control over apps & communication

3 months / appleinsider

Russia Blocks Apple's FaceTime Amid Crackdown on Encrypted Apps

3 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Apple pushes back on India's iPhone security app install order

appleinsider - Apple is planning to tell the Indian government it won't comply with an order to preinstall a state-backed app on iPhones, as doing so would introduce big security and privacy issues.India wants a security app preinstalled on new iPhones - Image Credit: A…

#techpolicy #apple #government #india #apps #security #privacy #telecommunications #smartphone #digitalprivacy

Apple Resists Mandate (10)
Govt Mandate & Political Pushback (3)
Privacy & Security Debate (1)
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Apple Resists Mandate

Apple To Resist India Order To Preload State-Run App As Political Outcry Builds

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Apple to Resist Order in India to Preload State-Run App on iPhones

3 months / reuters / John Gruber

India orders mandatory security app on phones, Apple refuses to comply

3 months / techspot

Apple will refuse to preload state-run “snooping” app on iPhones, report says

3 months / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Apple Resists India’s Cyber Safety App Mandate, Potentially Affecting Millions of Users

3 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Apple to Defy India’s ‘Undeletable’ App Mandate

3 months / idropnews / Chris Hauk

Apple Plans to Resist India's Order to Preload Government App on iPhone [Report]

3 months / iclarified

Apple will reportedly refuse India’s order to preinstall a government app

3 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Apple will reportedly refuse to pre-install India's state-mandated security app

3 months / engadget / Sarah Fielding

Apple pushes back on India's iPhone security app install order

3 months / appleinsider

Govt Mandate & Political Pushback

FirstFT: India orders government-developed app to be installed on all smartphones

3 months / ft

Opposition Calls Out Scindia on Sanchar Saathi, Protests Over Surveillance Fears

3 months / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

India plans to verify and record every smartphone in circulation

3 months / techcrunch / Jagmeet Singh

Privacy & Security Debate

Can the Sanchar Saathi App’s Security & Privacy Risks Be Justified?

3 months / medianama / Azdhan

All Other Stories

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3 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

New: India is expanding its anti-theft and cybersecurity program to include both new and used smartphones, aiming to curb device theft and online fraud — but raising privacy concerns. techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/i...

3 months / bsky / @journalistjagmeet.com / journalistjagmeet.com

The Indian government has ordered smartphone makers to preinstall its Sanchar Saathi app on all devices, a move that is raising fresh privacy concerns.

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Microsoft Warns: Windows 11 Agentic Features May Hallucinate

techpowerup - A few days ago, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 is undergoing an agentic overhaul. The company indirectly warned that security vulnerabilities may be exposed, and today they issued an updated notice. "As these capabilities are introduced, AI models st…

#ai #cybersecurity #software #windows #microsoft #aiethics #genai #security #technology #operatingsystems

Windows 11 needs an XP SP2 moment, says ex-Microsoft engineer

3 months / theregister / Richard Speed

Microsoft Warns: Windows 11 Agentic Features May Hallucinate

3 months / techpowerup

Microsoft admits AI agents can hallucinate and fall for attacks, but they’re still coming to Windows 11

3 months / reddit / /u/rkhunter_

OpenAI Discloses Mixpanel Security Incident Affecting Some API Users

Datamation Staff / datamation - While the breach did not impact ChatGPT users, some API users had limited profile and analytics data exposed.

#cybersecurity #analytics #dataprivacy #infosec #openai #chatgpt #security #privacy #api

Mixpanel breach compromises some OpenAI API users’ account data

3 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI Cuts Ties with Mixpanel After Vendor Breach Exposes Customer Metadata

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI cuts off Mixpanel after analytics leak exposes API users

3 months / theregister / Connor Jones

OpenAI Discloses Mixpanel Security Incident Affecting Some API Users

3 months / datamation / Datamation Staff

OpenAI discloses API customer data breach via Mixpanel vendor hack

3 months / bleepingcomputer / Ionut Ilascu

OpenAI suffers a data leak after third-party analytics vendor Mixpanel was compromised

3 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Mixpanel Security Breach

3 months / mixpanel

Security Flaw in Google Antigravity AI IDE Allows Data Exfiltration via Prompt Injection

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - According to security researchers, Google Antigravity allows data exfiltration via indirect prompt injection, bypassing default safety controls.The post Security Flaw in Google Antigravity AI IDE Allows Data Exfiltration via Prompt Injection appeared firs…

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Security Flaw in Google Antigravity AI IDE Allows Data Exfiltration via Prompt Injection

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google Antigravity Exfiltrates Data

3 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Google Antigravity Exfiltrates Data

3 months / promptarmor

Signal extends backup feature to iOS users

Sarah Fielding / engadget - Fortunately, we live in a time when most information can be recovered from another device or the cloud. Now, iPhone users can add another app to that list. Signal has announced that secure backups are now available for iOS devices. It follows a similar la…

#mobiletech #mobile #apple #storage #ios #apps #security #privacy #updates

Signal Private Messenger Rolls Out Secure Backups for iPhone

3 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Signal extends backup feature to iOS users

3 months / engadget / Sarah Fielding

Signal Private Messenger Rolls Out Secure Backups for iPhone

3 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Signal finally lets you restore iPhone chats if you pay for storage

3 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Years-old bugs in open source tool left every major cloud open to disruption

Jessica Lyons / theregister - Fluent Bit has 15B+ deployments … and 5 newly assigned CVEs A series of "trivial-to-exploit" vulnerabilities in Fluent Bit, an open source log collection tool that runs in every major cloud and AI lab, was left open for years, giving attackers an exploit …

#cybersecurity #cloud #software #devops #opensource #infosec #cloudsec #security #patching #bugs

Years-old bugs in open source tool left every major cloud open to disruption

3 months / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Oligo report uncovers critical Fluent Bit flaws exposing cloud workloads

3 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Cryptographers Cancel Election Results After Losing Decryption Key

BeauHD / slashdot - The International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) was forced to cancel its leadership election after a trustee lost their portion of the Helios voting system's decryption key, making it impossible to reveal or verify the final results. Ars Tech…

#cybersecurity #crypto #infosec #governance #security #privacy #technology #encryption #election #digitalprivacy

Magician Forgets Password To His Own Hand After RFID Chip Implant

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Cryptographers Cancel Election Results After Losing Decryption Key

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Cryptography group cancels election results after official loses secret key

3 months / arstechnica / Dan Goodin

Cryptology Group Held an Election, but Can’t Decrypt the Results

3 months / nytimes / Pranav Baskar

Google Says Hackers Stole Data From Over 200 Companies Following Gainsight Breach

msmash / slashdot - Google confirmed in a statement Friday that hackers have stolen the Salesforce-stored data of more than 200 companies in a large-scale supply chain hack. TechCrunch reports: On Thursday, Salesforce disclosed a breach of "certain customers' Salesforce data…

#cybersecurity #saas #dataprivacy #enterprise #infosec #business #cybercrime #supplychain #security #digitalprivacy

Salesforce Disables Connections to Gainsight-Published Applications Amid Investigation of Data Breach

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Gainsight breach reportedly compromises major tech firms’ Salesforce instances

3 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Notorious hacking collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters takes credit for the breach that affected Salesforce customers’ data, and said it is planning another extortion campaign.

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Google Says Hackers Stole Data From Over 200 Companies Following Gainsight Breach

3 months / slashdot / msmash

ShinyHunters 'does not like Salesforce at all,' claims the crew accessed Gainsight 3 months ago

3 months / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Google says hackers stole data from 200 companies following Gainsight breach

3 months / techcrunch / Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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iPadOS 26.2 Release Notes

Locked out: How a gift card purchase destroyed an Apple account

Apple fixes two zero-day flaws exploited in an “extremely sophisticated attack” targeting specific individuals.

Intel Evaluates Wet Etch Equipment from China-Linked Supplier for 14A Node

US plans to start checking all tourists' social media

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: H200 China Deal Ignites Fierce Security Debate in Washington

Petco Files Data Breach Reports and Blames Inadvertent Software Setting

Google Adds Security Layers to Safeguard Agentic Browsing With Chrome

Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner

React2Shell remote code execution flaw exploited to breach organizations across multiple sectors, 77k IP addresses are vulnerable

Apple, Samsung Protest India’s Smartphone Surveillance Proposal

Russia Blocks Apple's FaceTime Amid Crackdown on Encrypted Apps

Apple pushes back on India's iPhone security app install order

Apple Resists Mandate

Govt Mandate & Political Pushback

Privacy & Security Debate

All Other Stories

Microsoft Warns: Windows 11 Agentic Features May Hallucinate

OpenAI Discloses Mixpanel Security Incident Affecting Some API Users

Security Flaw in Google Antigravity AI IDE Allows Data Exfiltration via Prompt Injection

Signal extends backup feature to iOS users

Years-old bugs in open source tool left every major cloud open to disruption

Cryptographers Cancel Election Results After Losing Decryption Key

Google Says Hackers Stole Data From Over 200 Companies Following Gainsight Breach

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