iOS Apps Packed with Location Data Monetization Code

Security researchers have made an aggravating discovery that concerns an increasing number of iOS apps, which have been used to silently and secretly collect location histories from tens of millions of Apple devices. To do so, the apps used packaged…… Continue reading iOS Apps Packed with Location Data Monetization Code

The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Mobile App Data Leaks, The California Privacy Act, Third-party Gmail Access

This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for July 2nd, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket.  This episode was hosted by Tom … Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Mobile App Data Leaks, The California Privacy Act, Third-party Gmail Access

Apple Patches The iPhone Bypass Used By the FBI

Apple announced that they are going to fix the iPhone bypass that is used by the FBI and other government agencies in investigations. It has been known to exist for quite some time however the company was hesitant to remove…Read more
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The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – MyHeritage Data Breach, Facebook’s Data Sharing Partnership, Apple iOS 12 and macOS Updates

This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for June 11, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions, Silent Pocket and CISOBox.  This episode was hosted… Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – MyHeritage Data Breach, Facebook’s Data Sharing Partnership, Apple iOS 12 and macOS Updates

QR Code Bug in Apple iOS 11 Could Lead You to Malicious Sites

A new vulnerability has been disclosed in iOS Camera App that could be exploited to redirect users to a malicious website without their knowledge.

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Apple’s iOS source code leak – what you need to know

What’s happened? Earlier this week someone anonymously published a key piece of Apple’s iOS source code onto GitHub. Which bit of iOS was it? It was an integral part of iOS known as “iBoot” – the section of code which cont… Continue reading Apple’s iOS source code leak – what you need to know

Apple’s iBoot Source Code for iPhone Leaked on Github

Apple source code for a core component of iPhone’s operating system has purportedly been leaked on GitHub, that could allow hackers and researchers to discover currently unknown zero-day vulnerabilities to develop persistent malware and iPhone jailbrea… Continue reading Apple’s iBoot Source Code for iPhone Leaked on Github

Google Researcher Releases iOS Exploit—Could Enable iOS 11 Jailbreak

As promised last week, Google’s Project Zero researcher Ian Beer now publicly disclosed an exploit that works on almost all 64-bit Apple devices running iOS 11.1.2 or earlier, which can be used to build an iOS jailbreak, allowing users to run apps from… Continue reading Google Researcher Releases iOS Exploit—Could Enable iOS 11 Jailbreak

Google Researcher Publishes PoC Exploit for Apple iPhone Wi-Fi Chip Hack

You have now another good reason to update your iPhone to newly released iOS 11—a security vulnerability in iOS 10 and earlier now has a working exploit publicly available.

Gal Beniamini, a security researcher with Google Project Zero, has discovered a security vulnerability (CVE-2017-11120) in Apple’s iPhone and other devices that use Broadcom Wi-Fi chips and is hell easy to exploit.

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It’s Not Exactly Open Season on the iOS Secure Enclave

Despite yesterday’s leak of the Apple iOS Secure Enclave decryption key, experts are urging calm over claims of an immediate threat to user data. Continue reading It’s Not Exactly Open Season on the iOS Secure Enclave