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Earlier this month, a security researcher discovered that private cryptographic keys associated with eight of Indian company eMudhra’s intermediate certificate authority (CA) certificates were weak. The compromised keys could have allowed attackers to impersonate legitimate websites, potentially putting users’ sensitive information at risk. However, there is currently no evidence that the keys were exploited maliciously.

Safari is a core system app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and Apple improves it with every major software update. Here’s a list of new features and improvements added to the Safari browser in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate.

The iPhone’s default Safari browser has gained a reputation for being private, especially as an alternative to Chrome for those who don’t want to turn over their entire life history to Google. According to the Safari info page, the browser blocks third-party cookies by default, uses machine learning to limit cross-site tracking, hides your IP…