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Being a tech giant is not easy — The government requesting data on users can be a headache as revealed in Apple’s latest report Apple has revealed the latest US law enforcement agency requests for user information that the government lodged during the second half of the 2015 year period. The government lodged 1,015 requests […]
Short Bytes: In the second half of 2015, Apple received a total of around 30,000 data requests from different law enforcement agencies globally. Most of the data requests are from Germany and the US. This was recently revealed in Apple’s transparency report. After the famous case of San Bernardino killing spree and it’s iPhone angle, Apple […]
Congressman’s iPhone hacked easily on 60 Minutes show — The demo reveals hackers can spy and monitor everything on your mobile whatever security measures you take After all the fuss about how the FBI was able to get a pass into an iPhone recently, 60 Minutes decided to do their own research. Unfortunately according to […]
Short Bytes: A security firm Trend Micro has announced a call to action on the situation that Apple is deprecating QuickTime for Windows and won’t be releasing security patches in future. The firm has disclosed two vulnerabilities in the Apple’s multimedia software. Windows people aren’t much into the QuickTime thing, although, it has been available […]
Security firm urges Windows users to uninstall media player. If your Windows computer is running Apple’s QuickTime media player, now would be a good time to uninstall it. The Windows app hasn’t received an update since January, and security researchers from Trend Micro said it won’t receive any security fixes in the future. In a blog […]
An “evil” version of Skype is uploaded to an Apple iPhone. A whitehat hacker created a tool that automates the process of turning good apps bad and uploading it to a non-jailbroken device. Apple is known for some of the safest smartphones, as the FBI has found all too apparent recently. However, if you have […]
Short Bytes: The exploding popularity of Apple’s programming language Swift and Google’s ongoing litigation with Oracle, has inspired the Android-owner to look for Java-alternatives. Being a clean, developer-friendly, and in-demand programming language, Google could adopt the open source Swift programming language in future. Apple’s Swift programming language is still in early days and it’s proving […]
Short Bytes: In a clever manner, Apple has invited the FBI to hack another iPhone to know how the law enforcement agency managed to crack the San Bernardino iPhone. The iPhone maker has asked the court to call FBI and ask it to unlock the New York case iPhone as the agency has already developed […]
Security researchers from SentinelOne have discovered a security vulnerability affecting the Apple System Integrity Protection (SIP). Security researcher Pedro Vilaça from SentinelOne has discovered a security vulnerability ( CVE-2016-1757) affecting the Apple System Integrity Protection (SIP). The SIP is a security mechanism implemented by Apple in the OS X El Capitan operating system for the protection of certain […]
Short Bytes: After FBI hacked San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone without Apple’s help, most of us almost thought that Apple was the only company having stiff tussles with FBI. But, the government has also tapped Google for help getting data from phones. In total, the government has asked tech giants like Google and Apple to help it […]
Though the FBI has already hacked into the iPhone of suspected San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, there’s something missing — Mr. Kokumai, President of Mnemonic Security, Inc explains the reality of backdoor in our smartphones It appears that something crucial is overlooked in the heated debates about the backdoor on smartphones, which is the focus point of […]
The FBI has hacked into the iPhone of Syed Rizwan Farook and it didn’t even require for Apple’s help The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) claims that it has finally managed to unlock the iPhone of the San Bernardino suspected shooter without Apple‘s assistance — The hack also proves ex-NSA’s spy Edward Snowden right when he called the […]
Although the government officially withdrew from its battle against Apple Monday, many observers sense the tech privacy war is just getting started. “This lawsuit may be over, but the Constitutional and privacy questions it raised are not,” Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who had criticized the Justice Department’s suit against Apple, said in a statement Monday. The Justice […]
Short Bytes: The FBI has finally managed to break into the San Bernardino iPhone without Apple’s help. This development has also resulted in putting an end to the ongoing FBI vs. Apple battle in the court. It’s been speculated that the government has taken the help of some mysterious third party who remains unidentified. The FBI has […]
Apple Watch saved the life of a 62-year-old man in Canada who was suffering heart attack — Thanks to Apple Watch’s Health and Fitness feature Earlier you were warned against smart watches and wearable fitness trackers invading your privacy but now there’s something positive about Apple Watch that is worth sharing. A 62-year-old Canadian citizen, Dennis […]
Apple is a company that has maintained and reinforced the statement over and over again that it takes consumer privacy very seriously — This approach is indeed inspiring and admirable. But there are certain loopholes left in Apple’s data encryption mechanisms that point fingers upon the comprehensiveness of the claims made by Apple about the security of […]
Do you consider non-jailbroken iPhones to be safe? Think again! AceDeceiver is playing havoc with Apple’s most celebrated devices. This malware has started a tug of war between Apple’s acclaimed DRM security technology and MITM. Claud Xiao works as a researcher for Palo Alto Networks and he is the first person to detect the malicious […]
Legitimate code-signing certificates provide secret cover for attack groups. There are lots of ways to ensure the success of an advanced hacking operation. For a gang called Suckfly, one of the keys is having plenty of stolen code-signing certificates on hand to give its custom malware the appearance of legitimacy. Since 2014, the group has used […]
The ongoing FBI vs. Apple war is certainly not over yet. The fight has proved that there is much more to it than meets the eye. New court filings by the government against Apple and a potentially ensuing battle with WhatsApp, most popular texting media, will probably mean secure communications might just be illegal in […]
Short Bytes: In his latest interview, cybersecurity pioneer and the U.S. presidential hopeful John McAfee has said that he lied to media about how he would crack open the San Bernardino shooting iPhone. He justifies his action by calling it necessary to gain some attention and reaching out to the public. In an op-ed published in Business […]
A number of bypass vulnerabilities still affect iOS devices and could be exploited by an attacker to bypass the passcode authorization screen. A number of bypass vulnerabilities still affect iOS devices and could be exploited by an attacker to bypass the passcode authorization screen on Apple mobile devices (iPhones and iPads) running iOS 9.0, 9.1, and the […]