iOS developer finds security flaw, gets kicked out of Apple dev program
A newly discovered bug for Apple devices both allows hackers to execute unapproved code, and helped one developer get quickly kicked out of the iOS developer program.
Apple devices have been notoriously hard on its security measures, particularly with iOS devices. The series of products have been relatively safe from malicious intrusion, because Apple demands it approves all code, or codesigning, before allowing an application into its marketplace. Approved code can only perform functions allowed … Continue Reading
Photos show the cultural difference between Black Hat and Defcon hacker events
Thousands of security professionals, hackers, federal agents and media descended on Las Vegas this week to attend the Black Hat and Defcon conferences. The two conferences exhibit the extremes of hacker and security culture, with federal agents and major corporations descending on Black Hat in large numbers and mohawk-styled hackers and Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyers attending Defcon. It’s like the difference between law enforcement and pranksterism, where both have the object of protecting freedom.
Defcon … Continue Reading
You can hack a MacBook battery from afar. Is there a point?
A seasoned security hacker who spent seven months figuring out how to hack a laptop battery disclosed his findings today at the Black Hat security conference. Charlie Miller, who specializes in hacking Apple software, figured out how to remotely control a battery and do some damage to it such as “bricking it” – or incapacitating it – from afar.
Miller, a security consultant at Accuvant, said he tried to make a MacBook “smart battery” explode, … Continue Reading
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