Researcher Reveals Security Vulnerability in iOS; Demos It In Apple Approved App; Gets Booted From App Store

News | Monday November 7 2011 7:40 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Security researcher and a former National Security Agency analyst – Charlie Miller has revealed that he has found a major security vulnerability in iOS that could allow malicious code to be executed on the iOS device, which could be used by the attacker to steal the user’s photos, read contacts, make the phone vibrate or play sounds etc.
Miller became suspicious of a possible flaw in the code signing of Apple ’s mobile devices with the release (more…)

Skype Updates iPhone And iPad Apps To Fix Security Vulnerability And Syncing Issues

News | Tuesday September 27 2011 11:57 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , ,

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…)

Warning: Skye For iPhone And iPad Apps Have Security Vulnerability That Allows Attacker To Steal Your Address Book

News | Monday September 19 2011 6:43 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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…)

iSSLfix: Jailbreak Tweak Fixes SSL Vulnerability For Jailbroken iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch On iOS 4.3.3

News | Friday August 12 2011 1:30 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

, which was one of the easiest solutions to jailbreak iPhone , iPad and iPod Touch. Comex had also released a patch called 
to fix the vulnerability associated with viewing malicious PDF files.
It was meant for users you didn’t want to upgrade to iOS 4.3.4, but also didn’t want to be exposed to the security vulnerability.
However, Apple quickly followed it up by releasing
for iPhone , iPad and iPod touch to fix the security vulnerability (more…)

Apple Releases iOS 4.3.5 For iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch & iOS 4.2.10 For Verizon iPhone To Fix Security Vulnerability [Updated]

News | Saturday July 23 2011 11:40 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

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…)

Apple Releases iOS 4.3.4 For iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch & iOS 4.2.9 For Verizon iPhone To Fix JailbreakMe 3.0 Vulnerability [Updated]

News | Saturday July 9 2011 12:06 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

,
and iOS 4.2.9 for
.
Comex had released JailbreakMe 3.0 – one of the easiest solutions to
, iPad and iPod Touch early last week, which uses a userland exploit to jailbreak and install
on an iOS device using mobile Safari.
Security experts had raised concerns that the vulnerability in iOS could be exploited in a similar way by malicious websites to install malware. Apple had acknowledged the issue earlier in the week and announced that (more…)

Install PDF Patcher 2 To Fix JailbreakMe 3.0 Vulnerability

News | Wednesday July 6 2011 2:21 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , ,

, iPad and
on an iOS device.
Experts have raised concerns that the vulnerability in iOS could be exploited in a similar way by malicious websites to install malware.
to patch the exploit very soon. If you don’t want to upgrade to
.4, but don’t want to be exposed to the security vulnerability then you will be relieved to know that there is a solution for you.
on Cydia to fix the vulnerability associated with viewing malicious PDF files. (more…)

Apple to Patch JailbreakMe 3.0 Vulnerability in Upcoming iOS Software Update [iOS 4.3.4]

News | Saturday July 2 2011 5:25 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , ,

, Apple has confirmed that it will be patching the JailbreakMe 3.0 vulnerability in upcoming iOS software update –
.
,
yesterday, which uses a userland exploit to jailbreak and install
on an iOS device.
Security experts have raised concerns that the vulnerability in iOS could be exploited in a similar way by malicious websites to install malware.
Apple Inc. spokeswoman Bethan Lloyd said Thursday the company is “aware of this reported (more…)

iPad 2 Jailbreak Vulnerability Fixed In iOS 4.3.1

News | Wednesday March 23 2011 9:44 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , ,

.
released few days back.
couple of days after it was available.
As noticed by @0naj, my kernel exploit was fixed in 4.3.1.
I try not to be paranoid, but it is really hard to explain this as anything but a leak.
It stayed there from 4.0.2 through 4.3, but was magically found in time for 4.3.1. well, go go @MuscleNerd and @i0n1c I guess
. So Apple continues to make it more difficult to jailbreak iOS devices and stay ahead in the cat and (more…)

Apple To Release iOS 4.3.1 Within One To Two Weeks To Fix Bugs And iPad 2 Jailbreak Vulnerability

News | Thursday March 17 2011 12:33 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , ,

AT&T To Acquire T-Mobile USA For $39 Billion – What Does It Mean For Its Customers?
Sn0wbreeze 2.3 Beta 4 For iOS 4.3 Released; Allows Users To Unlock iPhone 4 Baseband 01.59.00, iPhone 3GS Basebands 05.13.04 Or Earlier Using Ultrasn0w
Apple To Release iOS 4.3.1 Within One To Two Weeks To Fix Bugs And iPad 2 Jailbreak Vulnerability
JailbreakMe 2.0 Released To Jailbreak iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G On iOS 4, iOS 4.0.1 And iPad On iOS (more…)

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