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Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2014
Apple restores certificate validation checks mysteriously missed

Apple released a security update to iOS that restores some certificate-validation checks that had apparently been missing for an unspecified amount of time. Last week Apple released a security update to iOS (iOS 7.06) to fix a flaw for certificate-validation checks that could be abused by attackers to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack within the victim’s network  to capture or modify […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2014
DROPOUTJEEP – How NSA completely controls your iPhone

Leaked documents shared by Der Spiegel show how NSA spyware codenamed DROPOUTJEEP can spy on every Apple iPhone. Apple denies any claim. Users buy the iPhone, NSA controls them. This is not a slogan for the last Apple advertising, it is the uncomfortable truth revealed by another set of NSA documents leaked by Snowden and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2013
Apple iOS 7 Untethered Jailbreak is available

The evad3rs team has released the untethered jailbreak for different Apple devices running running iOS version from 7.0 to 7.0.4. The evad3rs team has released the untethered jailbreak for numerous Apple devices running running iOS version from 7.0 to 7.0.4 including iPhone (4/5/5S/5C), iPad, and iPod. Device jailbreak allows removal of the limitations designed by manufacturer, the procedure […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2013
Linkedin iOS app V 6_1_2 HTML message parsing vulnerability

LinkedIn iOS app parses HTML in the messages, and this can be used to phish for credentials or be escalated into a full blown attack. Senior CyberSecurity Specialist Zouheir Abdallah @ZuZ  (Twitter handle), has publicly and responsibly disclosed a vulnerability in LinkedIn’s mobile app. Zouheir is known for reporting a serious vulnerability in DropBox’s 2 Factor […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2013
LinkedIn Intro iOS app intercept user’s emails in iPhone and much more

LinkedIn launched LinkedIn Intro app for iOS to show LI profiles right inside the native iPhone mail client. Which is the effect on privacy and security? LinkedIn, like any other social media platform is a mine of information for internet users, due this reason the number of attacks against it are soaring. The principal social […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2013
New iOS 7 flaw allows attacker to hijack Apple ID through spoofing fingerprints

German firm SRL has found another serious security issue in iOS 7 that allows an attacker to access the iPhone and potentially gain control over owner Apple ID New security issues for iOS 7, a new vulnerability in TouchID Fingerprint Scanner and iCloud has been found by a German security firm SRL. The flaw allows an attacker with a physical access to the locked […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2013
New TouchID hack by Iranian team works also on iOS 7_0_2

  The Iranian group defeated the very basic phenomenon of an iPhone Fingerprinting scanner  which allows them to hack TouchID with multiple Fingerprints also on iOS 7_0_2 . An Iranian group of iPhone Geeks managing the blog i-Phone.ir defeated the very basic phenomenon of an iPhone Fingerprinting scanner, which allows them to unlock an iPhone device with multiple […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2013
A second iOS 7 Lockscreen vulnerability concerns Apple users

A second iOS 7 Lockscreen vulnerability has been found a few days the first one was fixed by Apple. This time attackers can makes call from a locked iPhone. A new iOS 7 Lockscreen vulnerability has been discovered, the flow allows attackers with physical access to the phone to make calls, including international calls and calls to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2013
iOS 7 Lockscreen bug exposes Apple devices to security risks

iOS 7 vulnerability lets ill-intentioned with physical access to bypass iPhone’s Lockscreen to access mobile. Jose Rodriguez has found a lock screen vulnerability in iOS 7, last version of popular Apple mobile OS system. Mr Rodriguez is a 36 year old soldier living in Spain’s Canary Islands, has found a security vulnerability in iOS 7 that allows […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2013
Mactans charger, a malicious hardware that could infect any Apple iOS devices

Mactans charger, this is the name of the malicious charger that will be presented by researchers at the Black Hat 2013 conference in July that is able to inoculate a malware in any Apple iOS devices. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology  announced the creation of Mactans charger, a custom wall charger for Apple iPhone and iPad […]