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Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2016
The DoJ threatens to force Apple to hand over iOS source code

DOJ released a brief filing that threatens to force Apple to hand over the iOS source code if it will not help FBI in unlocKing the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. The battle between Apple and the FBI is going on while the debate on the case is monopolizing the media.  Last news in order of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2016
Snowden FBI is lying, it can already unlock iPhone without Apple support

Snowden accuses the FBI of lying about his ability to unlock the iphone of the San Bernardino terrorist. “that’s horse sh*t.” he said. While the dispute between Apple and the FBI on the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone case continues, the popular NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden takes a position giving us his opinion, and it is not […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2016
How to bypass Apple Passcode in 9.1 and later

A number of bypass vulnerabilities still affect iOS devices and could be exploited by an attacker to bypass the passcode authorization screen. A number of bypass vulnerabilities still affect iOS devices and could be exploited by an attacker to bypass the passcode authorization screen on Apple mobile devices (iPhones and iPads) running iOS 9.0, 9.1, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2016
KeRanger, the new MAC OS X ransomware that hit Apple users on the weekend

Over the weekend Apple customers who were looking for the latest version of Transmission were infected by KeRanger MAC OS X ransomware. Bad news for Apple customers, their systems were targeted for the first time over the weekend by a ransomware campaign. The experts at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 who discovered the malicious campaign reported that Apple […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2016
Crooks are offering Apple employees up to $23,000 for their login credentials

According to former Apple employees interviewed by the Business Insider, cyber criminals are offering Apple staffers in Ireland up to $23,000 for their login details. Insiders are one of the greatest security problems for any organizations, working from the inside they can operate under the radar for a log time stealing information and sabotaging processes and infrastructures. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2016
Researchers spotted a new OS X scareware campaign

Experts at the SANS Technology Institute spotted an OS X scareware campaign that leverages fake Adobe Flash Player installers. Johannes Ullrich, security expert at the SANS Technology Institute, spotted an OS X scareware campaign that leverages fake Adobe Flash Player installers to trick users into downloading malicious software. The expert discovered the malicious campaign while analyzing […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2016
JSPatch hot patching technique puts iOS users at risk

Security experts at FireEye are warning attackers can exploit the JSPatch hot patching technique to serve malicious code and put iOS users at risk The release of hot patches for apps already deployed in the official App Store is a time-consuming procedure that results frustrating for developers. Apple is aware of this drawback, for this reason […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2016
Be careful, opening crashsafari.com your mobile will crash

It is the joke of these hours,users are sharing a link to crashsafari.com on social media platform that could crash friends’ iPhone and iPad. Do not open any a link to crashsafari.com on your iPhone, iPad or even Macs, visiting the website will cause the Safari application to crash and Apple device to restart. Obviously, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2016
The Apple Gatekeeper bypassed once again by a researcher

Once again, the security expert Patrick Wardle has demonstrated how to bypass the Apple Gatekeeper security feature. Once again, a security expert demonstrated how to bypass OS X’s Gatekeeper security feature, and the worst news is that the patch distributed by Apple fixes the problem only temporarily. Apple tried to mitigate the attack method (CVE-2015-7024) with the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2015
iOS Mobile Banking Apps, what is changed from 2013 tests?

The security expert Ariel Sanchez presented the results of the test conducted on 40 iOS banking apps, comparing them to the ones obtained 2 years ago. The banking industry is looking with an increasing interest in mobile platform, financial institutes are offering a growing number of services accessible through mobile devices, but what about security? The security […]