Rooted Androids 3,000x More Likely to Be Breached, Even iPhones Not Safe

A new Zimperium report reveals that rooted Android phones and jailbroken iOS devices face growing threats, with advanced toolkits making detection nearly impossible for cybersecurity researchers...

Apple will now pay hackers up to $1 million for reporting vulnerabilities

Apple has just updated the rules of its bug bounty program by announcing a few major changes during a briefing at the annual Black Hat security conference yesterday. One of the most attractive updates is… Apple has enormously increased the maximum reward for its bug bounty program from $200,000 t...

KeyRaider Malware Steals Certificates, Keys and Account Data From Jailbroken iPhones

Researchers have discovered a new strain of iOS malware dubbed KeyRaider that targets jailbroken devices and has the ability to steal certificates, private keys, and Apple account information. The malware already has claimed the private Apple account data of more than 225,000 victims. The KeyRaid...

iPhone Worm Was Simple, Yet Effective, Analysis Shows

The iKee worm that was infecting jailbroken iPhones last month was a simple, yet effective, piece of software that shows how easy it might be for an attacker to create a fairly large, functioning botnet comprising mobile devices, an analysis of the worm shows. Researchers at SRI International’s...

Default Password (alpine) for 'root' Account

The account 'root' on the remote host has the password 'alpine'. An attacker may leverage this issue to gain full access to the affected system. Note that iPhones are known to use these credentials by default and allow access via SSH when jailbroken. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security...

iHacked: Jailbroken iPhones Compromised, $5 Ransom Demanded

Yesterday, a “Your iPhone’s been hacked because it’s really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!” message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones...

Researchers Reveal Fundamental SMS Flaws at Black Hat

There are several architectural and implementation problems in mobile phone networks that can be used to force users to open malicious files, allow attackers to gain control of users’ phones and change phone settings to redirect mobile Internet traffic to a proxy controlled by the attackers. In a...