Facebook's Vice President Arrested in Brazil for Refusing to Share WhatsApp Data

Apple is not the only technology giant battling against authorities over a court order; Facebook is also facing the same. Brazil’s federal police arrested Facebook Latin America Vice President for failing to comply with court orders to help investigators in a drug trafficking case that involves...

New York Judge Rules FBI Can't Force Apple to Unlock iPhone

Apple - 1; The FBI - 0 Apple Won a major court victory against the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI in an ongoing legal battle similar to San Bernardino. In a New York case, a federal magistrate judge has ruled in favor of Apple, rejecting the U.S. government’s request to force Apple to help...

Apple Files Motion to Vacate Court Order to Unlock iPhone

It took Apple nine words to make its point: “This is not a case about one isolated iPhone.” Apple on Thursday filed a motion to vacate a court order mandating it assist the FBI in unlocking an iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino shooter. Apple said the order violates its First Amendment...

Apple hires developer of World's Most Secure Messaging App

Apple is serious this time to enhance its iPhone security that even it can not hack. To achieve this the company has hired one of the key developers of Signal — World's most secure, open source and encrypted messaging app. Frederic Jacobs, who worked to develop Signal, announced today that he is...

Apple Must Threat Model Against Itself

Apple, like most advanced tech companies, understands threats and how to close them off. But one salient point that’s emerged from its ongoing dispute with the FBI over unlocking the San Bernardino shooter’s phone is that Apple is a threat to itself. Therefore, it should be no surprise that Apple...

Apple is working on New iPhone Even It Can't Hack

Amid an ongoing dispute with the United States government over a court order to unlock iPhone 5C of one of the San Bernardino shooters Syed Farook… ...Apple started working on implementing stronger security measures "even it can't hack" to achieve un-hackability in its future iPhones. The Federal...

Apple Attorney Reveals Dozen Other iPhone Requests from FBI

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s major argument in objecting to the FBI’s request to assist in unlocking San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s iPhone 5c is the precedent it would set in doing so. As it turns out, Cook had a leg to stand on when he defiantly objected to a federal magistrate’s order last week...

Just One Device? No, Government wants Apple to Unlock 12 More iPhones

Until now, the FBI is asking for Apple's help in unlocking the iPhone belonging to one of the terrorists in the San Bernardino shootings that killed 14 and injured 24 in December. However, in addition to iPhone 5C belonged to San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, the U.S. Justice Department is...

Donald Trump — Boycott Apple! But Still Tweeting from an iPhone

As the groundwork for the presidential election is being cooked up in the United States to be held on 8 November 2016, candidates are very busy in sharpening their skills to gain the vote of reliance. By struggling to gain an upper hand in the National issues at this moment could benefit the...

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 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 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...