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Tag Archives: iOS
iPhone attack may have targeted Android and Windows too
A sophisticated and sustained watering hole attack affecting iPhones may have targeted Windows and Android too.
Sophisticated iPhone hacking went unnoticed for over two years
Compromised iPhones were turned into surveillance tools capable of recording the owner’s entire digital life.
Emergency iOS patch fixes jailbreaking flaw for second time
With iOS 13 nearing release, Apple users perhaps thought they were done with iOS 12 updates for good. If so, they were wrong.
Apple iOS update ends in jailbroken iPhones (if that’s what you want)
Programmers call it “regresssion” – when fixing a new bug unfixes an old one – and it’s a jailbreakers dream!
Apple will hand out unlocked iPhones to vetted researchers
It formalizes the reality: “pre-jailbroken” iPhones were already on the black market.
iMessage bug could have allowed attackers to read data from any iPhone
Google’s Project Zero has unveiled details of a bug in Apple’s iMessage that lets attackers read data from an iPhone without any user interaction.
Apple’s July patchfest fixes bugs in multiple products
Apple released fixes for various products this week, including one for a bug that has been public with proof-of-concept code for two months.
Big password hole in iOS 13 beta spotted by testers
A security clanger has been spotted in the current beta version of iOS 13 which allows anyone to access a user’s stored web and app passwords without having to authenticate.
Bluetooth LE’s anti-tracking technology beaten
Researchers have found a way to beat the MAC address randomisation feature used by Bluetooth to protect users from being tracked.