On the iPhone Encryption Debacle, the glibc Linux Vulnerability, and More

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the week in news, including the iPhone encryption debacle, the glibc Linux vulnerability, and the latest ransomware headlines. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapFebruary192016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

Now We Know — Apple Can Unlock iPhones, Here's How to Hack-Proof your Device

Apple has been asked to comply with a federal court order to help the FBI unlock an iPhone 5C by one of the terrorists in the San Bernardino mass shootings that killed 14 and injured 24 in December. The FBI knows that it can not bypass the encryption on the iPhone, but it very well knows that App...

Apple Technically Able to Help FBI Crack Shooter's iPhone

Now that the Apple-FBI story has gone mainstream with rallies supporting CEO Tim Cook scheduled for Apple stores nationwide, presidential candidates weighing in, and a cute hashtag FBiOS affixed, it appears that Apple can technically comply with the judge’s order if must. Security company Trail o...

Apple vs. FBI — Google Joins Tim Cook in Encryption Backdoor Battle

In the escalating battle between the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and Apple over iPhone encryption, former National Security Agency NSA contractor Edward Snowden and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai just sided with Apple's refusal to unlock iPhone. Yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook refused...

Apple CEO Tim Cook Opposes Court Order

Apple CEO Tim Cook late Tuesday defiantly challenged a U.S federal magistrate judge’s order that it help the FBI break into an iPhone 5c belonging to one of the shooters involved in last December’s attack in San Bernardino, Calif. Cook released a letter last night expressing his opposition to the...

Judge Orders Apple to Unlock iPhone Used by San Bernardino Shooters

The Tech Giant Apple has come into an entangled situation which could be a potential security threat for Apple users in near future: Help the FBI Unlock an iPhone. The US Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym has ordered Apple to provide a reasonable technical assistance in solving a critical case of Syed...

Warning — Setting This Date On iPhone Or iPad Will Kill Your Device Permanently

Don’t Try this at Home! An interesting software bug has been discovered in Apple's iOS operating system that could kill your iPhone, iPad or iPod Dead Permanently. Yes, you heard me right. An issue with the date and time system in iOS had emerged recently when Reddit users started warning people...

The vulnerabilities in operating systems such as Mac OS X and iOS allow attackers to circumvent existing restrictions on profile configuration.

The vulnerability of Mac OS X and iOS operating systems is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to circumvent existing restrictions on system configuration...

The vulnerability of Safari browser and iOS operating system allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the WebKit module in the Safari browser and the iOS operating system is caused by buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure memory corruption, application termination through a specially crafte...

The vulnerability of Safari browser and iOS operating system allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the WebKit module in the Safari browser and the iOS operating system is caused by buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure memory corruption, application termination through a specially crafte...

The vulnerability of the iOS operating system, allowing a hacker to read arbitrary files

The vulnerability of the Mobile Backup module in the Photos app of the iOS operating system is related to deficiencies in path name restrictions for the catalog. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to read arbitrary files through a specially crafted path name...

The vulnerabilities in operating systems such as Mac OS X and iOS allow attackers to trigger service failures or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Mac OS X and iOS operating systems arises due to buffer overflows. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code remotely or cause a service failure memory corruption using a specially crafted media file...

The vulnerability of Safari browser and iOS operating system allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the WebKit module in the Safari browser and the iOS operating system is caused by buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure memory corruption, application termination through a specially crafte...

The vulnerabilities in operating systems such as Mac OS X and iOS allow attackers to trigger service failures or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the QuickLook module in Mac OS X and iOS operating systems arises due to buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure memory corruption using a specially created iWork file...

Vulnerabilities of operating systems such as Mac OS X and iOS, which allow attackers to trigger service interruptions

The vulnerability of the kernel in Mac OS X and iOS lies in code errors. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to cause service failures through a specially created application...

The vulnerability of the iOS operating system allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context.

The vulnerability of the MobileStorageMounter component in the iOS operating system is related to deficiencies in the loading of trusted cache. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context using a specially created application...

Vulnerabilities of operating systems such as Mac OS X and iOS, which allow attackers to trigger service interruptions

The vulnerability of the kernel in Mac OS X and iOS lies in code errors. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to cause service failures through a specially created application...

The vulnerabilities in operating systems such as Mac OS X and iOS allow attackers to trigger service failures or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities of Mac OS X and iOS operating systems are caused by buffer overflows. Exploiting these vulnerabilities allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code remotely or trigger a service failure memory corruption using a specially crafted image...

The vulnerability of Safari browser and iOS operating system allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the WebKit module in the Safari browser and the iOS operating system is caused by buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure memory corruption, application termination through a specially crafte...

The vulnerabilities in operating systems such as Mac OS X and iOS allow attackers to trigger service failures or increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of Disk Images components in operating systems such as Mac OS X and iOS arises due to buffer overflows. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges or cause a service failure memory corruption by using a specially crafted disk image...