iPhone

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2014
WireLurker malware is threatening Apple mobile devices

Security Experts at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new variant of malware dubbed WireLurker that is infecting Apple mobile devices. A new strain of malware dubbed WireLurker  is threatening Apple users, the malicious code is able to infect Apple iPhone and iPad syphoning user’data. The malware was discovered for the first time by experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2014
Pangu Jailbreak Tool available for iOS 8 and iOS 8_1

The Chinese jailbreaking team Pangu has just released a software that allows Apple users to jailbreak their mobile devices using  iOS 8 and iOS 8.1 The Jailbreak for the new iOS 8.1 is available on the Internets, The Chinese jailbreaking team Pangu has just released an application that allows Apple users to jailbreak their mobile devices, including iPhones, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2014
Tim Cook announced security improvements for Apple solutions

Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company will improve the security of its solutions, including iCloud, starting from extension of 2FA mechanisms. The recent disclosure of hundreds celebrity pictures has raised the discussion on the level of security offered by the Apple iCloud stored service. To improve the security offered by the iCloud service, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2014
Unflod Baby Panda, the Chinese malware hit jailbroken iphone

Unflod Baby Panda is the name of a new mobile malware which is targeting jailbroken versions of Apple iPhone. The threat seems to have China origin. The number of cyber threats against mobile users is in constant increase, on the other hand bad habits like the practice of jailbreak/root the devices and the lack of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2014
New iOS 7 bug allows anyone to disable Find My iPhone feature

A new iOS 7 bug allows anyone to disable Find My iPhone feature and to bypass Activation Lock without user’s Apple credentials. HAckers can bypass Find My iPhone feature, a new bug menaces the security of Apple iPhone users, a flaw recently discovered in iOS 7.1 allows thieves to disable Find My iPhone feature, remove iCloud […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2014
FireEye discovered an Apple vulnerability which allows iOS keylogging

Researchers at FireEye have developed a POC that exploits an Apple vulnerability to implement a Background Monitoring on Non-Jailbroken iOS 7 Devices. A vulnerability in Apple products is once again the center of controversy because and also in this case the user’s privacy is at risk. The excellent team of security researchers at FireEye discovered another […]

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 […]