iPad 2 iOS 5 Lock Screen Bypass Vulnerability [Video Demonstration]

iPad 2 iOS 5 Lock Screen Bypass Vulnerability Marc Gurman at 9to5Mac has discovered a vulnerability on the iPad that allows for a limited bypass of the device's lockscreen. Anyone with an iPad Smart Cover can gain access to the previously-open app or the home screen if no app was open. By holding...

Apple Mac Defender, MacProtector, and MacSecurity Fake Anti-Virus Software

Apple has released a security advisory related to the recent Mac fake anti-virus software. The most common names for this fake anti-virus software are MacDefender, MacProtector, and MacSecurity. This fake anti-virus software is the result of a phishing scam targeting Mac users that redirects them...

[TEHTRI-Security] CVE-2010-1752: Update your MacOSX

Gents, During the 1st HITB Amsterdam 2010, TEHTRI-Security made advisories about security issues on handled devices iPhone, HTC, iPad, BlackBerry, etc. As we made penetration tests for more than 15 years on highly sensitive networks, we were luckily able to find vulnerabilities working on those...

Apple Releases Security Update 2010-004 and Mac OS X v10.6.4

Apple has released Security Update 2010-004 and Mac OS X v10.6.4 to address multiple vulnerabilities that affect a number of applications. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, operate with elevated privileges, conduct...

Charlie Miller on Pwn2Own

Charlie Miller won his third consecutive Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver this week. In this video he talks about the contest, the state of Apple security and the bug-finding and reporting process...

Charlie Miller on Mac OS X, Pwn2Own and Writing Exploits

The following is the full transcript of a live Threatpost chat with Charlie Miller, a vulnerability researcher at Independent Security Evaluators. During this session, Miller discussed his approach to finding security flaws, his work on fuzzing applications, his plans for this year’s Pwn2Own hack...

apple 10.6.1 安全模式绕过

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Stable Update: Fix Google Chrome not Starting

Google Chrome's Stable channel has been updated to 3.0.195.33 to fix a potential issue that could cause Google Chrome to stop working and a security issue. This release removes a dependency on a Windows library t2embed.dll that is not required by Google Chrome. If that library is missing or the...

Apple iPhone memory corruption

Memory corruption on SMS messages parsing...

FortiGuard Advisory: Apple Safari Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Apple Safari Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability 2009.June.09 Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability in Apple Safari. Summary: ======== A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Apple Safari which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code through...

Q&A: Dino Dai Zovi

Dino Dai Zovi has gained a reputation as one of the top Apple security researchers in the industry and is the author of a new book on Apple security, “The Mac Hacker’s Handbook.” In this interview, he talks about the state of Apple security, why the company hasn’t implemented better memory...

About the security content of Security Update 2008-008 / Mac OS X v10.5.6

About the security content of Security Update 2008-008 / Mac OS X v10.5.6 Last Modified: December 15, 2008 Article: HT3338 Summary This document describes the security content of Security Update 2008-008 / Mac OS X v10.5.6, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or...

PSF-2008-4 Multiple integer overflows (Apple)

Multiple integer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to the 1 stringobject, 2 unicodeobject, 3 bufferobject, 4 longobject, 5 tupleobject, 6 stropmodule, 7 gcmodule, and 8 mmapmodule modules. NOTE: The expandtabs...

Apple iPhone和iPod Touch 2.0版修复多个安全漏洞

BUGTRAQ ID: 30186 CVECAN ID: CVE-2008-1588,CVE-2008-1589,CVE-2008-2303,CVE-2008-2317,CVE-2008-1590 iPod touch（也被称为iTouch）是苹果公司发布的MP4播放器，iPhone是其发布的智能手机。 iPhone和iPod Touch都内嵌了Safari浏览器，远程攻击者可以利用该浏览器中的多个安全漏洞导致拒绝服务、读取敏感信息或执行任意代码。 CVE-2008-1588...

Apple Help Viewer vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in the way Apple Help Viewer handles specially crafted URLs may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description According to Apple Security Update 2008-003: An integer underflow in Help Viewer's handling of help:topic URLs may result ...

Apple AFP Client privilege escalation vulnerability

Overview The Apple File Protocol AFP Client fails to properly clean its environment before executing commands. This vulnerability may allow a local attacker execute commands with elevated privileges. Description The Apple File Protocol service allows Apple Mac OS clients to access files remotely...

Apple Airport Extreme fails to properly process 802.11 frames

Overview A vulnerability exists in the Apple AirPort Extreme wireless driver that may allow an attacker to crash a vulnerable system. Description The Apple AirPort Extreme adapter is an 802.11g compatible wireless adapter used in Apple OS X laptops and desktops. A flaw exists in the way AirPort...

Apple QuickTime RTSP buffer overflow

Overview Apple QuickTime may allow remote arbitrary code to be executed via a long src parameter in RTSP URL strings. Description A vulnerability exists in the way Apple QuickTime handles specially crafted Real Time Streaming Protocol RTSP URL strings. An attacker may be able to craft a QTL file ...

Apple Mac OS X Finder fails to properly handle malformed .DS_Store files

Overview Apple Finder fails to properly handle malformed .DSStore files. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description .DSStore files are hidden files used by Apple Finder to control the display of a folder and its contents.According to App...

Apple Mac OS X PPP driver fails to properly validate PADI packets

Overview The Apple Mac OS X PPP driver fails to properly handle PPPoE Active Discovery Initiation PADI packets. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Description The Apple Mac OS X PPP driver fails to properly handle PADI packets allowing...