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Another iOS 7 lockscreen bypass has surfaced: this one lets you call anywhere in the world for free. Via Gust MEES 
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Apple's new iOS 7, pre-loaded on the new iPhone 5s and 5c, is also available for download to older devices. It is said to include more than 200 new features – here we look at some of the security aspects and issues. Via Gust MEES
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Two Dutch researchers successfully hacked a patched iPhone 4S, exploit a vulnerability also likely present in the new iPhone 5 due to be released tomorrow.
Joost Pol and Daan Keuper won the mobile Pwn2Own contest yesterday at EUSecWest event in Amsterdam by compromising a fully patched iPhone 4S device and stealing contacts, browsing history, photos and videos from the phone.
The pair was able to build an exploit for a vulnerability in WebKit to beat Apple's code-signing features and the MobileSafari sandbox. The same bug is present in the iOS6 Golden Master development code base, meaning iPhone 5 is vulnerable to the same exploit. Apple iPads and iPod Touch devices are also vulnerable, Pol and Keuper said, adding that it took them three weeks find the flaw and write an exploit.
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The biometrics hacking team of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has successfully bypassed the biometric security of Apple's TouchID using easy everyday means. A fingerprint of the phone user, photographed from a glass surface, was enough to create a fake finger that could unlock an iPhone 5s secured with TouchID.
This demonstrates – again – that fingerprint biometrics is unsuitable as access control method and should be avoided.
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Gust MEES's curator insight,
September 22, 2013 4:49 PM
The biometrics hacking team of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has successfully bypassed the biometric security of Apple's TouchID using easy everyday means. A fingerprint of the phone user, photographed from a glass surface, was enough to create a fake finger that could unlock an iPhone 5s secured with TouchID.
This demonstrates – again – that fingerprint biometrics is unsuitable as access control method and should be avoided.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
Gust MEES's curator insight,
September 22, 2013 4:50 PM
The biometrics hacking team of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has successfully bypassed the biometric security of Apple's TouchID using easy everyday means. A fingerprint of the phone user, photographed from a glass surface, was enough to create a fake finger that could unlock an iPhone 5s secured with TouchID.
This demonstrates – again – that fingerprint biometrics is unsuitable as access control method and should be avoided.
Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=biometrics
- http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security