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Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2015
Access Private Photos and Contacts Without a Passcode on iOS 9 devices

A hacker has found a way to access images and contacts stored on Apple iOS 9 devices even if they are protected with a passcode or Touch ID. A few hours ago I have posted the news on the decision of the Security firm Zerodium to pay a 1 Million Dollars prize for zero-day exploits and jailbreak […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2015
Find a zero-day exploit to hack IOS 9 and win a $1m prize

Zerodium is an Exploit trader and it’s offering a million dollar prize to any person that finds zero-day flaws in iOS 9, and you can imagine the motivation. Zerodium is an Exploit trader and it’s offering a million dollar prize to any person that finds unknown, unpatched bug in iOS 9 with the main purpose to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2015
iOS 9 security by design, but hacker already shows a jailbreak

Apple announced the secure iOS 9 but a popular hacker demonstrated the untethered iOS 9 Jailbreak in a video PoC before its release. Apple announced new security enhancements for its new operating system iOS 9. The new version of the Apple OS, iOS 9, will be available from September 16th on the iPhone, iPad and iPod, according the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2015
How the CIA is working to break the security of Apple devices

A new interesting report published by The Intercept details the effort spent by the US intelligence to compromise the security of Apple devices. The Intercept published another disconcerting post on the US Intelligence campaign aimed to steal the secrets of the IT giant Apple. According to top-secret documents disclosed by The Intercept a team of researchers working with the Central […]

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 23, 2014
iOS 7_1 exploit for CVE-2014-4377 critical flaw publicly available

Users which haven’t upgraded their systems to the Apple iOS 8 could be victims of a new iOS 7.1 exploit targeting the CVE-2014-4377 vulnerability. Security experts at Binamuse firm have discovered the availability online of the exploit kit which targets the vulnerability coded CVE-2014-4377, a memory corruption issue in iOS’s core graphics library. The exploitation of CVE-2014-4377 could […]

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 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 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 […]