The tug-of-war between Apple Inc. and the FBI over encryption shows no signs of easing as the company reiterated its reasons…
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FBI requests warrant to unlock iPhone 5c connected to California murder investigation
The FBI plans to work with its own San Diego Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory to obtain data from a seized iPhone 5c…
Nothing significant found on San Bernardino’s terrorist’s iPhone
Investigators spent months trying to gain access to data on the locked iPhone used by San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook…
FBI paid professional hackers one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone
he FBI cracked a San Bernardino terrorist’s phone with the help of professional hackers who discovered and brought to the bureau…
Security firm CEO: Apple vs. government overreach issue will drag on for years
Apple versus the FBI was just the beginning: The debate between privacy and cybersecurity will drag on for years…
Apple could be moving their iCloud servers in-house
China-based server brand vendor Inspur has been rumored to have entered Apple’s datacenter supply chain…
Apple won’t sue FBI to reveal hack used to unlock Islamic terrorist’s iPhone
Apple will not pursue legal action against the US government to discover how federal agents broke into an iPhone…
U.S. government to continue effort to force Apple to unlock iPhone in Brooklyn
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it will move ahead with an appeal of a court ruling…
Roots of Apple-FBI standoff reach back to 2008 child sex abuse case
The roots of the current standoff between Apple Inc. and the Federal Bureau of Investigation reach back to 2008…
FBI director confirms hack only works on older iPhones that lack Apple’s Secure Enclave
FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that the government had purchased…
FBI briefs U.S. Senators on how San Bernardino iPhone was hacked
The FBI isn’t keeping its new iPhone attack secret from everyone…
U.S. government’s multi-million dollar mobile forensics shopping spree revealed
The FBI, the DOJ, and numerous other U.S. government agencies have been buying mobile forensics and smart phone hacking tools…
FBI keeping mum on what it found on government-issued iPhone of San Bernardino terrorist
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is still analyzing data on the iPhone used by a San Bernardino, Calif…
Apple confident they’ll find and patch iPhone hack purchased by FBI
The FBI’s method for breaking into a locked iPhone 5c is unlikely to stay secret for long…
FBI vs. Apple: ‘Unduly burdensome’
You might well be asking yourself, if the FBI withdrew its challenge against Apple, then why…
Apple shoots for the impossible: An unbreakable iPhone
Apple is pushing hard to make its phones more secure, but the quest for perfect security will never be met…
Inside the little-known Japanese firm helping the FBI crack Apple iPhones
The little-known Japanese company at the center of a legal tussle between Apple Inc. and the U.S. government…
FBI tests technique’s ability to unlock more iPhone models, iOS versions
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is testing the method used to crack a terrorist’s iPhone to see how many other versions of the device it could open…
ACLU: U.S. government forced Google and Apple to unlock 63 devices
The government insisted that its effort to force Apple to help break into an iPhone…
FBI agrees to unlock iPhone, iPod in Arkansas homicide case
The FBI agreed Wednesday to help an Arkansas prosecutor unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging…
FBI’s method of unlocking iPhone may never be revealed to Apple
The FBI may be allowed to withhold information about how it broke into an iPhone belonging to the county employing Islamic terrorist…
Who really won and lost in the Apple vs. FBI showdown
One of the more compelling institutional cage-matches in the last few years…
Apple could use Brooklyn case to pursue details about FBI’s San Bernardino iPhone hack
If the U.S. Department of Justice asks a New York court to force Apple Inc to unlock an iPhone…
Apple’s new challenge: Learning how the U.S. cracked terrorist’s iPhone
Now that the United States government has cracked open an iPhone that belonged to a gunman in the San Bernardino Islamic terrorism attack…
Did the FBI just unleash a hacker army on Apple?
In the end, the FBI didn’t need Apple’s help to extract information from a dead terrorist’s iPhone…
Apple declares victory in battle with FBI, but the war continues
Apple has declared victory in its battle against the FBI, after the government announced…
Apple vows to increase security as FBI claims to break into terrorist’s iPhone
Apple has vowed to increase the security of its products after the FBI bypassed the security…
U.S. government drops Apple case after claiming hack of terrorist’s iPhone
The U.S. said it has gained access to the data on the iPhone used by a terrorist and no longer needs Apple Inc.’s assistance…
FBI may be obligated to reveal how it got into terrorist’s iPhone
The FBI’s decision to abandon its effort to force Apple to help break into a terrorist’s handset marks a win for the company, but…
Apple responds to FBI: ‘This case should have never been brought’
Apple believes deeply that people in the United States and around the world deserve data protection, security and privacy…
Official: Justice Department to withdraw legal action against Apple
The Justice Department is expected to withdraw from its legal action against Apple, as soon as today…
Apple demands delay in NY iPhone case: Company wants to test FBI hack in San Bernardino terrorist iPhone case
Apple last week asked a federal magistrate in New York to extend a court filing deadline…
Now Apple is going to stop the U.S. government from getting into iCloud data, too
Apple has announced its plans to transfer iCloud encryption key management to account holders…
FBI vs. Apple isn’t over; Fourth Amendment issues remain
The FBI and Apple reached a cease-fire last week, but it can’t last…
As Apple refuses to make ‘GovtOS’ for U.S. government, Microsoft already wrote one for China
While Apple has strongly resisted building a special ‘GovtOS’ to provide the U.S. government with access…
Apple teams up with other tech firms attack UK government’s Investigatory Powers Bill
Apple and the rest of the world’s largest tech companies have launched a sweeping attack on the Government’s spying bill…
Apple says it may not be needed to unlock New York drug dealer’s iPhone
Apple Inc. said it may not be needed to help unlock an iPhone connected to a drug case in New York…
To fight U.S. government overreach, Apple ditched secrecy for openness
Over the past few weeks, as the legal battle between the FBI and Apple unfolded…
Judge: Order to compel Apple to write ‘GovtOS’ has been ‘unenforceable’ all along
On Monday, less than 24 hours before the hearing was scheduled to start, the US government asked to cancel…
Why a future Apple-FBI case may go very differently
Although it fiercely opposes the FBI’s demand for help unlocking a San Bernardino shooter’s encrypted iPhone…
Zdziarski’s take on the FBI’s ‘alternative’ method
FBI acknowledged today that there ‘appears’ to be an alternative way into Farook’s iPhone 5c…
FBI may be required to hand over Apple iPhone hacking secrets
Any new method the bureau uses to hack into iPhones may be short-lived as it may be obligated to give Apple the details so the company can fix the security gap…
