Apple

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2019
UK authorities sentenced hacker who blackmailed Apple for $100,000

A 22-year-old man was sentenced for his involvement in an extortion attempt against Apple, he threatened to mass-hack iCloud accounts. Kerem Albayrak, a 22-year-old man from North London who claimed to have access to over 300 million iCloud accounts and threatened to factory reset all accounts unless Apple pays a ransom, was sentenced today in London. In […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2019
Apple opens its bug bounty program to all white hat hackers

As announced in August, Apple has now announced the opening of its invite-only bug bounty program to all security researchers. Apple has now announced the opening of its invite-only bug bounty program to all security researchers. The tech giant will pay white hat hackers that will report security flaws in the iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2019
AirDoS attack could make iPhones, iPads unusable via AirDrop attack

This week, Apple addressed a flaw that can be exploited to trigger a DoS condition (AirDoS) iPhones and iPads by forcing them to continuously display a popup message. The denial-of-service (DoS) attack was discovered by The security researcher Kishan Bagaria devised a DoS attack dubbed the AirDoS that works against iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2019
Checkm8: unpatchable iOS exploit could lead to permanent jailbreak for iOS devices running A5 to A11 chips

A security expert has released a new jailbreak, dubbed Checkm8, that impacts all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets, it works on iPhone models from 4S to 8 and X. The security expert Axi0mX has released a new jailbreak, dubbed Checkm8, that works on all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets. The jailbreak works with all Apple products released […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2019
Expert disclosed passcode bypass bug in iOS 13 a week before its release

A security researcher disclosed a passcode bypass just a week before Apple has planned to release the new iOS 13 operating system, on September 19. Apple users are thrilled for the release of the iOS 13 mobile operating system planned for September 19, but a security expert could mess up the party. The security researcher […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2019
Hacker publicly releases Jailbreak for iOS version 12.4

Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability it had already fixed, making current versions of iOS vulnerable to hackers. A public Jailbreak for iPhones in was released by a hacker, it is an exceptional event because it is the first in years. According to Motherboard, that first reported the news, Apple accidentally unpatched a flaw it had […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2019
Google Project Zero hackers disclose details and PoCs for 4 iOS RCE flaws

Security experts at Google disclosed details and proof-of-concept exploit codes for 4 out of 5 security vulnerabilities in Apple iOS. Researchers at Google disclosed details and proof-of-concept exploit codes for 4 out of 5 security vulnerabilities in Apple iOS that could be exploited by attackers to hack Apple devices by sending a specially-crafted message over […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2019
Apple temporarily blocked Walkie-Talkie App on Apple Watch due to a flaw

A serious vulnerability in Walkie-Talkie App on Apple Watch forced the tech giant to disable the applications to avoid attackers spying on its users. Apple has temporarily disabled the Walkie-Talkie app on the Apple Watch due to a vulnerability that could be exploited to spy on users. The issue was reported to Apple via its report […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2019
macOS zero-day in Mojave could allow Synthetic Clicks attacks

A security expert found a flaw could be exploited to bypass macOS security and privacy features by using synthetic clicks. The popular white hat hacker Patrick Wardle, co-founder and chief research officer at Digita Security, discovered a vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass security warnings by performing ‘Synthetic Clicks’ on behalf of users without […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2019
Australian teenager hacked into Apple twice for a job

What can Apple ‘s fan do to work with his favorite company? A teen opted out to hack it twice. A 17-year-old teenager Australian teenager decided to attract the attention of the tech giant by gaining access to its mainframe with false credentials. The teen was dreaming of a job in Apple and was convicted […]