apple, crime, games, Security technology
Evidence that stolen credit cards are being used to purchase items in games like Clash of Clans, which are then resold for cash. Powered by WPeMatico
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apple, cellphones, cryptanalysis, cryptography, iphone, Security technology
Recently, Apple introduced restricted mode to protect iPhones from attacks by companies like Cellebrite and Greyshift, which allow attackers to recover information from a phone without the password or fingerprint. Elcomsoft just announced that it can easily bypass it. There is an important lesson in this: security is hard. Apple Computer has one of the … Read More “Defeating the iPhone Restricted Mode” »
apple, encryption, hacking, ios, passwords, Security technology
Last week, a story was going around explaining how to brute-force an iOS password. Basically, the trick was to plug the phone into an external keyboard and trying every PIN at once: We reported Friday on Hickey’s findings, which claimed to be able to send all combinations of a user’s possible passcode in one go, … Read More “Bypassing Passcodes in iOS” »
apple, authentication, banking, ios, Security technology, sms, twofactorauthentication, usability
Apple is rolling out an iOS security usability feature called Security code AutoFill. The basic idea is that the OS scans incoming SMS messages for security codes and suggests them in AutoFill, so that people can use them without having to memorize or type them. Sounds like a really good idea, but Andreas Gutmann points … Read More “Perverse Vulnerability from Interaction between 2-Factor Authentication and iOS AutoFill” »
android, apple, censorship, cloudcomputing, iphone, russia, Security technology, signal, telegram, whatsapp
Internet censors have a new strategy in their bid to block applications and websites: pressuring the large cloud providers that host them. These providers have concerns that are much broader than the targets of censorship efforts, so they have the choice of either standing up to the censors or capitulating in order to maximize their … Read More “Russian Censorship of Telegram” »
apple, cybersecurity, ios, iphone, operatingsystems, Security technology, securityengineering
iOS 12, the next release of Apple’s iPhone operating system, may include features to prevent someone from unlocking your phone without your permission: The feature essentially forces users to unlock the iPhone with the passcode when connecting it to a USB accessory everytime the phone has not been unlocked for one hour. That includes the … Read More “New iPhone OS May Include Device-Unlocking Security” »
amazon, apple, google, internetofthings, Security technology, voicerecognition
Researchers have demonstrated the ability to send inaudible commands to voice assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. Over the last two years, researchers in China and the United States have begun demonstrating that they can send hidden commands that are undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant. Inside … Read More “Sending Inaudible Commands to Voice Assistants” »
alarms, apple, computersecurity, Security technology, tamperdetection
“Do Not Disturb” is a Macintosh app that send an alert when the lid is opened. The idea is to detect computer tampering. Wire article: Do Not Disturb goes a step further than just the push notification. Using the Do Not Disturb iOS app, a notified user can send themselves a picture snapped with the … Read More “Computer Alarm that Triggers When Lid Is Opened” »
apple, china, cloudcomputing, encryption, iphone, keyescrow, privacy, Security technology
Apple is bowing to pressure from the Chinese government and storing encryption keys in China. While I would prefer it if it would take a stand against China, I really can’t blame it for putting its business model ahead of its desires for customer privacy. Two more articles. Powered by WPeMatico
apple, cellphones, dhs, fbi, iphone, israel, locks, phones, Security technology
Forbes reports that the Israeli company Cellebrite can probably unlock all iPhone models: Cellebrite, a Petah Tikva, Israel-based vendor that’s become the U.S. government’s company of choice when it comes to unlocking mobile devices, is this month telling customers its engineers currently have the ability to get around the security of devices running iOS 11. … Read More “Cellebrite Unlocks iPhones for the US Government” »