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Tag: Black Hat

Apple begins offering special ‘dev-fused’ iPhones to security researchers

Wednesday, July 22, 2020 4:10 pm4 Comments

Last year at the Black Hat security conference, Apple’s head of security Ivan Krstic said the company would give trusted researchers a special iPhone …

Apple offers record bounty, up to $1 million, to researchers who find iOS security flaws; adds macOS to program

Thursday, August 8, 2019 4:45 pm4 Comments

Apple is offering cyber security researchers up to $1 million to detect flaws in iPhones, the largest reward offered by a company…

Apple hands hackers secret iPhones in a bid to boost security; to offer Apple Mac bug bounty

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 9:32 am1 Comment

Later this week, at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, Apple is to announce plans to give security researchers special iPhones…

‘Quadrooter’ security flaws said to affect over 900 million Android devices

Monday, August 8, 2016 2:00 pmMonday, August 8, 20167 Comments

Four newly-discovered vulnerabilities found in Android phones and tablets allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected device…

Black Hat 2016: Apple’s iPhone destroys Android phones in security

Thursday, August 4, 2016 8:55 amThursday, August 4, 201621 Comments

Apple iPhones are killing their Android counterparts on the mobile security front…

BadUSB: The unfixable flaw that infects USB devices is now on the loose

Friday, October 3, 2014 9:10 amFriday, October 3, 201417 Comments

USB security architecture would need to be fundamentally redesigned…

Why the security of USB is fundamentally broken and cannot be fixed

Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:00 pmThursday, July 31, 201420 Comments

Computer users pass around USB sticks like silicon business cards…

Apple fixing bug that allows fake charging stations to hack iPhones

Thursday, August 1, 2013 8:22 am3 Comments

Apple Inc’s next software update for its iPhones and iPads will fix the issue…

Apple hires hacker who helped Microsoft to lock down Windows Vista

Thursday, December 6, 2012 11:09 amThursday, December 6, 201213 Comments

Kristin Paget — formerly known as Chris Paget — now works on Apple’s security team…

Researcher takes complete control of Android and Nokia phones by merely waving another device near them

Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:15 am31 Comments

Allows an artful hacker pickpocket Android or Nokia settlers’ private information right through their clothes…

Apple to talk iOS security at Black Hat conference

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 2:00 pmTuesday, July 24, 20128 Comments

Apple, now the world’s most valuable company, has had no problem…

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