It’s been several weeks since the story broke about Trident/Pegasus and the vulnerabilities they exploited in iOS. There has certainly been a significant (although a lot less than expected) amount ofRead More →
A researcher has demonstrated that the NAND mirroring technique was able to bypass the passcode retry limitations on the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. The battle between the FBI and Apple for unlockingRead More →
Unlike Apple’s iOS, Android is vulnerable to several key-extraction techniques. Privacy advocates take note: Android’s full-disk encryption just got dramatically easier to defeat on devices that use chips from semiconductor makerRead More →
Last week Apple cleared the air as to whether or not it intentionally released an unencrypted version of its iOS 10 beta kernel to the developer community, stating the moveRead More →
Researcher-devised exploit threatens Bitcoin wallets and other high-value assets. Researchers have devised an attack on Android and iOS devices that successfully steals cryptographic keys used to protect Bitcoin wallets, Apple PayRead More →
Custom version of iOS could undo years of work Apple put into securing iPhones. Tuesday’s court order compelling Apple to hack the iPhone belonging to a gunman who killed 14 peopleRead More →
Security experts at FireEye are warning attackers can exploit the JSPatch hot patching technique to serve malicious code and put iOS users at risk. The release of hot patches forRead More →
Apple fixes vulnerability 2.5 years after receiving private report. Apple has squashed a bug in its iOS operating system that made it possible for hackers to impersonate end users whoRead More →
BackStab technique helps criminals get their hands on your private data, via unprotected phone backups A recent report from Palo Alto Networks describes an attack technique called BackStab where malwareRead More →
The malware spreads with the help of an adult movie player. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have discovered and analyzed malware that infects iOS devices and then injects ads intoRead More →
