Categories
iOS News security Software

iBoot source code leak traced back to low-level Apple employee

Last last week, the source code for iBoot, a core component of iOS, was leaked to GitHub. Although the code was older, designed for iOS 9, it was quickly yanked from GitHub following Apple’s issuance of a DCMA takedown notice. Per Motherboard, which contacted unnamed sources involved in the leaks and investigated screenshots, text messages, […]

Categories
Face ID Hack Hardware iPhone News security

Bkav hacking group bypasses Face ID, shows second proof of concept mask

In spite of Face ID being an impressive feature, yet another successful proof of concept/hack seems to have taken place. The security system, which has apparently been fooled by twins, children, and a mask has once again been bypassed by Vietnamese security company Bkav, which made headlines in mid-November after uploading a video featuring Face […]

Categories
Face ID Hack Hardware iPhone News security

Hacker group claims iPhone X Face ID feature can be fooled with mask technique

It’s been noted that Apple’s the iPhone X’s Face ID feature can be fooled by an identical twin. Now it looks like a mask might do the trick as well. On Friday, Vietnamese security firm Bkav released a blog post and video showing that—by all appearances—they’d cracked Face ID with a composite mask of 3-D-printed […]

Categories
Google Hack iOS iPhone News Samsung security

Security researchers hack iOS 11.1 at Pwn2Own event

Trend Micro’s annual Pwn2Own has kicked off over at the PacSec Security conference in Tokyo, complete with security researchers spending the day attempting to hack into the iPhone 7, the Samsung Galaxy S8, the Google Pixel, and the Huawei Mate 9 Pro in an effort to win prizes totaling more than $500,000. And, for better […]

Categories
Hack High Sierra macOS News security Sierra Software

Apple releases security updates for KRACK, other exploits in macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 update, Security Update 2017-004

A few critical security updates also shipped out with Tuesday’s macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 update. Apple also released Security Update 2017-004 and Security Update 2017-001 macOS Sierra, which address the KRACK security exploit. KRACK is a vulnerability in the WPA2 encryption standard for Wi-Fi networks that lets attackers decrypt the data passing to and from […]