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Title: Apple responds to troubling allegations of iOS 'backdoor' Post by: HCK on July 23, 2014, 09:00:17 pm Apple responds to troubling allegations of iOS 'backdoor'
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Information security has never been a more sensitive subject than it is these days, so it’s little surprise that allegations from a security researcher that iOS contains a “backdoor” permitting access to users’ information provoked a strong response from Apple.</p><p> Those accusations came from security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski, who was presenting at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference earlier this week. In his talk (http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iOS_Backdoors_Attack_Points_Surveillance_Mechanisms.pdf), “Identifying Back Doors, Attack Points, and Surveillance Mechanisms in iOS Devices,” Zdziarski claimed to have found systems within iOS that could be used to access users’ information, including photos, address-book information, voicemail messages, and more.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2456032/apple-responds-to-troubling-allegations-of-ios-backdoor.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple responds to troubling allegations of iOS 'backdoor' (http://www.macworld.com/article/2456032/apple-responds-to-troubling-allegations-of-ios-backdoor.html#tk.rss_all) |