Details about the iOS Inactivity Reboot Feature
December 2 2024I recently wrote about the new iOS feature that forces an iPhone to reboot after it’s been inactive for a longish period of time. Here are the technical details, discovered...
Read moreWhat Graykey Can and Can’t Unlock
November 26 2024This is from 404 Media:
The Graykey, a phone unlocking and forensics tool that is used by law enforcement around the world, is only able to retrieve partial data...
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Everybody is reporting about a new security iPhone security feature with iOS 18: if the phone hasn’t been used for a few days, it automatically goes into its “Before...
Read moreApple Is Alerting iPhone Users of Spyware Attacks
July 11 2024Not a lot of details: Apple has issued a new round of threat notifications to iPhone users across 98 countries, warning them of potential mercenary spyware attacks. It’s the second...
Read moreNew iPhone Exploit Uses Four Zero-Days
January 4 2024Kaspersky researchers are detailing “an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky.”...
Read moreNew iPhone Security Features to Protect Stolen Devices
December 27 2023Apple is rolling out a new “Stolen Device Protection” feature that seems well thought out:
When Stolen Device Protection is turned on, Face ID or Touch ID authentication is...
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Apple to Add Manual Authentication to iMessage
November 22 2023Signal has had the ability to manually authenticate another account for years. iMessage is getting it:
The feature is called Contact Key Verification, and it does just what its...
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Crashing iPhones with a Flipper Zero
November 6 2023The Flipper Zero is an incredibly versatile hacking device. Now it can be used to crash iPhones in its vicinity by sending them a never-ending stream of pop-ups.
These...
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Zero-Click Exploit in iPhones
September 13 2023Make sure you update your iPhones:
Citizen Lab says two zero-days fixed by Apple today in emergency security updates were actively abused as part of a zero-click exploit chain...
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WYSIWYG is short for "what you see is what you get". Except when it isn't...
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