Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This development suprises no one who has been paying attention: Researchers now believe AirTags, which are equipped with Bluetooth technology, could be revealing a more widespread problem of tech-enabled tracking. A person who doesn’t own an iPhone might have a harder time detecting an unwanted AirTag.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Boffins devised a new iLeakage side-channel speculative execution attack exploits Safari to steal sensitive data from Macs, iPhones, and iPads.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2021

Reports that the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used by governments to spy on Apple iPhones used by journalists, activists, government officials and business executives is becoming a global controversy for NSO, Apple and a number of governments at the center of the scandal. Thousands of iPhones have potentially been compromised.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 17, 2018

Defense Attorney Says His Young Client Dreamed of Working for iPhone Giant An Australian teenager was such a fan of Apple that he hacked into the technology giant's mainframe, according to media reports. The teen has pleaded guilty to stealing 90 GB of sensitive information.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Tens of Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. Researchers from Citizen Lab reported that at least 36 Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

“A flaw in Apple’s software exploited by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to break into iPhones in 2021 was simultaneously abused by a competing company, according to five people familiar with the matter.” The two companies were able to remotely compromise iPhone devices without any user interaction.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

. “DSB informs DR Nyheder that the paralysis of train traffic is due to an error in the safety-critical IT system ‘Den Digitale Rygsæk 2′” In attack impacted the Digital Backpack 2 platform provided by Supeo, it allows train drivers to access operationally critical information using an iPhone or iPad. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2021

The iPhones of nine activists, including members of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights , Waad , Al Wefaq , were infected with Pegasus spyware as part of a surveillance operation likely orchestrated by a threat actor tracked as LULU and attributed with high confidence to the government of Bahrain. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The exploit impacts every iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. ” NSO Group, which was founded in 2010, over the years has pushed back at criticism of Pegasus and its other software products, arguing that the technology is a tool to enable governments to protect themselves and their citizens against terrorists and other criminals.

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AIIM

MAY 14, 2020

Think about the technology you use in your personal life. For example, the iPhone 4 came out ten years ago - how many of those do you see these days? If dated technology isn’t good enough for us in our personal lives, should it be good enough for our business lives?

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Jamf

JULY 18, 2022

Pick your Apple technology package, and count on seamless connection to all the resources you need. Our new employee ID in Apple Wallet makes coming and going easier than ever; your iPhone or Apple Watch is now your employee ID! Want to work from home? Heading into the office?

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 23, 2021

The company sells surveillance technology to governments worldwide. Its flagship product is Pegasus, spying software – or spyware – that targets iPhones and Android devices. The Pegasus project is a collaborative journalistic investigation into the NSO Group and its clients.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 17, 2022

Though phones’ Bluetooth uses cryptographic technology that limits trackability, using a radio receiver, these distortions in the Bluetooth signal can be discerned to track individual devices. […]. Most people might not even realize their Bluetooth is being constantly emitted by many smart devices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2020

Bad news for Apple iPhone or MacBook users, attackers could hack their device’s camera by tricking them into visiting a website. The ethical hacker Ryan Pickren demonstrated that it is possible to hack Apple iPhone or MacBook users by simply tricking them into visiting a website with the Safari browser. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by the Israeli surveillance NSO Group that could infect both iPhones and Android devices, it is sold exclusively to the governments and law enforcement agencies. These revelations blow apart any claims by NSO that such attacks are rare and down to rogue use of their technology.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While computer vision for quality has existed in more primitive states for the last 30 years, the lightweight and portable nature of IBM’s solution, which is based on a standard iPhone and uses readily available hardware, really got our client’s attention. The implementation costs were also lower than those of viable alternatives.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JUNE 19, 2023

Yesterday Fred posted about voice input over on AVC, and it reminded me how long it takes for consumers to adopt truly new behaviors, regardless of how enthusiastic we might get about a particular technology’s potential. 1993 was the year Wired first published, and we took to the technology with abandon.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 7, 2022

“This new approach protects against phishing and sign-in will be radically more secure when compared to passwords and legacy multi-factor technologies such as one-time passcodes sent over SMS,” the alliance wrote on May 5. “It is a really, really good step forward, and I’m delighted to see this,” Weaver said.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 26, 2022

Web browsing: Certain complex web technologies, like just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compilation, are disabled unless the user excludes a trusted site from Lockdown Mode. Wired connections with a computer or accessory are blocked when iPhone is locked. Some features, like link previews, are disabled.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 23, 2020

In private talks with Apple soon after, representatives of the FBI's cyber crime agents and its operational technology division objected to the plan, arguing it would deny them the most effective means for gaining evidence against iPhone-using suspects, the government sources said.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 6, 2023

On December 29, 2022, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed an €8,000,000 fine on Apple for violations of the French rules on targeted advertising and the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies. Background. for several purposes, including to personalize ads shown on the App Store.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2022

Web browsing: Certain complex web technologies, like just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compilation, are disabled unless the user excludes a trusted site from Lockdown Mode. Wired connections with a computer or accessory are blocked when iPhone is locked. Messages: Most message attachment types other than images are blocked.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Here are five facts about innovation, taken from the book and their conversation, that may surprise you: While major technology breakthroughs dominate our perception of innovation—think the Xerox machine, the IBM PC, the Apple iPhone—those are few and far between. Successful innovation requires understanding demand.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The tools were announced by the IT giant in August, the company explained that every image containing child sexual abuse on iPhones and iPads will be reported to its experts and uploaded to its infrastructure in the United States. 2) Be clear about why you’re scanning and what you’re scanning. .

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview regarding mobile device collection titled Mobile Collection: It’s Not Just for iPhones Anymore that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. Most of the talk about retrieving data from mobile devices has centered on iPhones and other Apple devices. Here’s the first part.

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 26, 2020

Wolford denied the defendant’s Motion for Return of Property Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g), ruling that “[t]he government’s evidentiary interest in the [defendant’s] iPhone outweighs Defendant’s interest in its return, at least at this stage of the proceedings”. Case Background. Judge’s Ruling.

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OpenText Information Management

APRIL 17, 2024

No television, no personal cell phones, and don’t ask me about my first computer (which had less capacity than my current iPhone 8). OpenText provided both the technology and teams of experts to advise what needed to be changed in the bank’s value chain, and how to achieve their goals.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 19, 2020

Last week , we covered the government’s latest attempt (and Apple’s resistance) to get Apple to assist in unlocking the iPhones of a mass shooter – this time, with regard to password-protected iPhones used by Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, who is suspected of killing three people last month in a shooting at a Navy base in Pensacola, Florida.

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AIIM

AUGUST 13, 2020

This is increasingly important for small businesses and for businesses in areas that are ever-changing - for example, technology. While what the organization is doing now may be working well today, technology changes quickly, and it's important to be prepared for change while it's still a choice. The need to stay relevant.

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Info Source

AUGUST 4, 2023

In this Two Question Tuesday, Max Vermeir (Senior Director, Technology Product Markting for ABBYY ) shares his perspective on how improving technology will begin to fulfil the decades-long promise of (almost) fully automating accounts payable, invoicing, and more. IDP is there and the efficiency gains are absolutely possible.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 26, 2018

This isn't to say that no one can break into an iPhone. We know that companies like Cellebrite and Grayshift are renting/selling iPhone unlock tools to law enforcement -- which means governments and criminals can do the same thing -- and that Apple is releasing a new feature called "restricted mode" that may make those hacks obsolete.

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Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC

JANUARY 31, 2018

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently promoted a $100-per-year iPhone app called Derm Expert. Derm Expert allows doctors to diagnose skin problems using only their iPhone. Doctors can effectively treat patients without a high performance computer or an expensive technology environment. Figure 1: Derm Expert App.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2019

From iPhone to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM – As promised in my previous post , I will show you how to exploit the “Printconfig” dll with a real world example. But what does Apple’s iPhone have to do with it?? He can define himself “security enthusiast”, interested in all emerging technologies in offensive and defensive security.

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 4, 2018

Believe it or not, cops are now opening iPhones with dead people’s fingerprints. To try to access the phone to learn more about the assailant’s motives, an FBI agent applied the bloodied body’s index finger to the iPhone found on the deceased suspect. It could be an easier way into iPhones than Touch ID.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview regarding mobile device collection titled Mobile Collection: It’s Not Just for iPhones Anymore that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. His original discussion about preservation of cell phone data was a 2017 article called Custodian-Directed Preservation of iPhone Content: Simple.

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Collibra

DECEMBER 8, 2022

However, the explosion of data — and its dominant role in today’s economy — stems from the introduction and widespread adoption of two primary technologies: the Internet and the smartphone. And in the summer of 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone. The problem with data and technology . By 2008, the global datasphere reached 14.7

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Data Matters

JULY 16, 2020

million iPhone users and subsequent selling of the users’ data to advertisers, without the users’ knowledge and consent. The class action brought against Google by Richard Lloyd, the former editor of consumer protection rights group “Which?”, relates to the alleged tracking of personal data by Google of 4.4 Court of Appeal’s decision.

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