Amaya Toman During the week, Apple released new updates to the public beta versions of its operating systems. In addition to this topic, our roundup of events today will talk about the latest lawsuit or how and why hackers are becoming more interested in macOS computers.
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Gizmodo editor-in-chief is suing Apple
We've gotten used to lawsuits against Apple from various parties over the years, but the latest one stands out a bit among them. This time, the editor-in-chief of the online magazine Gizimodo, Daniel Ackerman, decided to sue the Cupertino company. The apple (sic!) of contention in this case is the movie Tetris, which is currently scoring on the streaming platform TV+. Ackerman claims in his lawsuit that the film matches his book The Tetris Effect, published in 2016, in virtually all material respects. The Reuters news agency reported that Marv Studios screenwriter NOah Pink and others joined the suit, while according to lawsuit, the Tetris film is "substantially similar in all material respects" to the book.
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Hackers' interest in macOS tenfold
According to recent reports, hackers are much more interested in the macOS operating system. This is evidenced by a recent analysis of the dark web, according to which cyber attacks against Apple computers increased tenfold compared to 2019. While the Mac as a platform is not necessarily as big a target as Windows, macOS is not immune to digital threats. If this analysis of Dark Web threat actors is accurate, then there has been a significant increase in attacks in recent years. According to Accenture Cyber Threat, the number of actors specializing in malicious activity against the macOS operating system on the dark web has reached 2295. Among the activities these people are engaged in are the development of tools and services, the sale of certificates for the distribution of macOS malware, attacks with with the aim of bypassing Gatekeeper in macOS or perhaps the development of specific malware targeting the macOS operating system. One of the reasons why the number of attacks is increasing, according to experts, could be the fact that more and more businesses and institutions are switching from Windows to macOS, thus increasing the number of attractive targets.
Public beta versions of operating systems
Apple also released new public beta versions of its operating systems during the past week. Specifically, it was the beta version of the operating system iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10 and macOS Sonoma. The third public beta of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 is labeled 21A5303d, while the second public beta of macOS Sonoma is labeled 23A5312d. The second public beta of tvOS 17 and the HomePod software is marked 21J53330e, while the second public beta of watchOS 10 is marked 21R5332f. With the arrival of the mentioned versions, users received news in the form of improved privacy protection in Safari, improved PDF support in native Notes, or perhaps the expansion of collaboration options in Freeform.
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