Google will now accept your iPhone as an authentication key
Google has updated its Smart Lock to let iOS users security-dongle-ize their iPhones. Continue reading Google will now accept your iPhone as an authentication key
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For sale: Gray-market iPhones that yield secrets to encryption
The prototype iPhones are slipping out of Apple’s supply chain with disabled security, to the delight of researchers and jailbreakers. Continue reading For sale: Gray-market iPhones that yield secrets to encryption
RISC-V Will Stop Hackers Dead From Getting Into Your Computer
The greatest hardware hacks of all time were simply the result of finding software keys in memory. The AACS encryption debacle — the 09 F9 key that allowed us to decrypt HD DVDs — was the result of encryption keys just sitting in main memory, where it could be read by any other program. DeCSS, the hack that gave us all access to DVDs was again the result of encryption keys sitting out in the open.
Because encryption doesn’t work if your keys are just sitting out in the open, system designers have come up with ingenious solutions to prevent …read more
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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
Hacker Publishes iOS Secure Enclave Firmware Decryption Key
A hacker identified only as xerub published the decryption key unlocking the iOS Secure Enclave Processor. Continue reading Hacker Publishes iOS Secure Enclave Firmware Decryption Key