prototypes in the past two years. The news was first reported by
, which has since been independently confirmed by
.
John was a special agent for the FBI for 26 years, after which he served at Pfizer for 11 years and finally joined Apple in 2007.
At first it may seem that his retirement decision was voluntary, but according to
forced John to retire.
During his tenure as the VP of Global Security, John oversaw Apple ‘s efforts to thwart counterfeit devices (more…)

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then you should read this post.
have discovered a security flaw, which can allow anyone to gain unauthorized access to your iPad 2 with Smart Cover in iOS 5. The security flaw allows someone to gain acces to iPad 2 even if you’ve passcode protected it.
As you can see in our video below, a Smart Cover can essentially unlock an iPad 2. The person who unlocks your iPad 2 will not have complete access to your iPad, but will be able to gain entrance (more…)

Lookout Mobile Security revealed a free app for the iPhone and iPad today, porting some of its security tools from Android in its first moves to attract customers of Apple ‘s mobile operating system.

Lookout for iOS (download) brings some mobile-specific security enhancements, such as a System Advisor, Contacts Backup, and Missing Device tools, but it lacks a scan for malicious apps and other traditional app or program-based (more…)

Last week, we had reported that  
in the chat message window, which allows an attacker to run malicious javascript code that can enable the attacker to get information, including a user’s address book from the victim’s iOS device.
It looks like Skype has fixed the security vulnerability in the major update it rolled out yesterday.
Skype has just released a new update to fix the syncing issues that plagued yesterday’s update, in which we (more…)

If you use Skype’s app on your iOS devices then continue to read this article.
have a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Chat message window, which allows an attacker to run malicious javascript code that can enable the attacker to get information, including a user’s address book from the victim’s iOS device.
Executing arbitrary Javascript code is one thing, but I found that Skype also improperly defines the URI scheme used by the built-in (more…)

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Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti)

A new security hole found in Skype for iOS could allow a hacker to access your entire address book, according to a blog post from security firm SuperEVR.

According to the post, “[a] Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability exists in the ‘Chat Message’ window in Skype 3.0.1 and earlier versions for iPhone and iPod Touch devices.” So, what does this mean? Basically it means (more…)

system earlier in the year for Gmail and Google Apps (last year) that makes your Google Account significantly more secure by providing an additional layer of security.
The two-step verification process relies on something you know (your password) and something you have (your mobile phone).
This two-way verification is not new. Quite a few banks have been using this system for quite a while, allowing users to access their website using a unique (more…)

iOS 4.3.5
,
iOS 4.2.10
to fix a security vulnerability with certificate validation.
.
According to the release notes, iOS 4.3.5 and iOS 4.2.10 includes the following changes:
Fixes a security vulnerability with certificate validation.
Description: A certificate chain validation issue existed in the handling of X.509 certificates. An attacker with a privileged network position may capture or modify data in sessions protected by SSL/TLS. (more…)

that brings biometric facial recognition security to iPhone .
using facial recognition technology for enhanced security.
RecognizeMe is the first Facial Recognition security for the iPhone . Although not perfect, RecognizeMe does a pretty good job at facial recognition, given optimal conditions. RecognizeMe sits on the iPhone passcode screen, so it serves as an alternate to, rather than a replacement for the passcode.
It uses 2 different algorithms (more…)