Security News

Security Watch: Elon Musk’s NeuraLink Links Brains to iPhones via Bluetooth
2019-07-18 21:18

Directly linking thoughts to a phone via Bluetooth -- what could go wrong?

Apple Patches iMessage Bug That Bricks iPhones with Out-of-Date Software
2019-07-08 15:09

Google Project Zero finds Apple iMessage bug that bricks iPhones running older versions of the company's iOS software.

Cellebrite Claims It Can Unlock Any iPhone
2019-06-28 11:35

The digital forensics company Cellebrite now claims it can unlock any iPhone. I dithered before blogging this, not wanting to give the company more publicity. But I decided that everyone who wants...

iPhone Apps Surreptitiously Communicated with Unknown Servers
2019-06-25 11:35

Long news article (alternate source) on iPhone privacy, specifically the enormous amount of data your apps are collecting without your knowledge. A lot of this happens in the middle of the night,...

Gang charged with $19 million iPhone scam
2019-06-06 11:00

It was a well-oiled business, with Top Dogs fencing devices, forgers cooking up fake IDs with stolen PII, and runners ripping off phones.

Batterygate news: Apple to warn users if iOS updates throttle iPhones
2019-05-24 10:37

Competition regulators investigated Apple due to concerns that people were needlessly repairing or replacing slow phones.

Calibration Attack Drills Down on iPhone, Pixel Users
2019-05-23 20:21

A new way of tracking mobile users creates a globally unique device fingerprint that browsers and other protections can't stop.

Fingerprinting iPhones
2019-05-22 11:24

This clever attack allows someone to uniquely identify a phone when you visit a website, based on data from the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer sensors. We have developed a new type of...

iPhone gyroscopes, of all things, can uniquely ID handsets on anything earlier than iOS 12.2
2019-05-21 11:25

Cheapskate fandroids get a pass on this one, though Your iPhone can be uniquely fingerprinted by apps and websites in a way that you can never clear. Not by deleting cookies, not by clearing your...

Cops can try suspect’s fingers on locked iPhones found at crime scene
2019-04-26 10:20

A Massachusetts federal district judge gave cops a warrant to force-unlock iPhones with the suspect's fingers.