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Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2016
French Gov could fine Apple and Google €1m unless they hack mobile devices

French Gov is thinking a law that would impose fines of €1 million on Apple and Google if they refused providing access users’data. Governments worldwide continue to intensify their pressure on the IT giants requesting the access to users’ data in the name of security. The US Government wants Apple unlock its mobile devices to access data, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2016
San Bernardino shooter’s Apple ID passcode changed in government custody

While discussing the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, Apple executives said the password changed while it was under the government custody. The discussion about the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone has monopolized media in this week, a US magistrate ordered Apple to help unlock the mobile device, but the company refused to do so. A new shocking […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2016
US Judge requests Apple to unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone

A US magistrate ordered Apple to help unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, be aware it is demanding a tool to bypass the security mechanism. We discussed very often of the difficulties of the law enforcement in conducting investigations when suspects used devices that make use of encryption, the case that we are going to analyze is emblematic. Apple […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2015
Hackers win $1 million bounty for iOS 9 remote hack

A team of hackers has received a million-dollar payout for disclosing a iOS zero-day vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely hack any Phone. Bad news for the Apple users, a team of hackers have received a million-dollar payout for disclosing an iOS zero-day vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely hack any Phone […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2015
Pangu cracking team has released the iOS 9 jailbreak

The Chinese jailbreaking team Pangu has just released a software (iOS 9 jailbreak) that allows Apple users to jailbreak their mobile devices using  iOS 9. Every time a new release of the popular Apple iOS is presented, hackers and experts start the competition to jailbreak it. One of the most active hacking crew in this […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2015
The recent iOS 9.0.1 Update fails to fix the Lock screen Bypass flaw

Apple recently released its first update to the new iOS 9, but experts noticed that it doesn’t fix the lock screen bypass vulnerability. Apple has already released its first update for the release iOS, the version iOS 9.0.1 was issued last week to fix a number of bugs. Last week Jose Rodriguez reported the lock screen bypass vulnerability affecting […]

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 June 11, 2015
Apple iOS flaw exploitable to steal user password with a phishing email

A security expert demonstrated how to exploit a vulnerability in Apple IOS system to steal user password with a phishing email. A new vulnerability that affects Apple’s iOS could be exploited by hackers to collect user passwords by using a single email. Jan Soucek (@jansoucek) , a forensic expert at Ernst and Young has developed […]