Security News

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.

FYI: Yeah, the cops can force your finger onto a suspect's iPhone to see if it unlocks, says judge
2019-04-24 21:44

Unsealed warrant in Massachusetts adds to growing privacy debate Analysis A US judge gave the cops permission to force people's fingers onto seized iPhones to see who could unlock them, a newly...

Is Privacy Really iPhone? Researchers Weigh in on Apple’s Targeted Ad Tracking
2019-04-22 20:40

A unique identifier is enabled by default on every iPhone that's shipped, allowing advertisers to follow the phone's activity across the web.

For sale: Gray-market iPhones that yield secrets to encryption
2019-03-08 11:08

The prototype iPhones are slipping out of Apple's supply chain with disabled security, to the delight of researchers and jailbreakers.

For sale: iPhone hacking tool, one previous (not very careful) owner
2019-03-01 12:07

At $100, the old-gen iPhone encryption-cracking tools are a bargain to hackers looking to pick up leftover forensics or police Wi-Fi data.