Apple Just Gave 1.4 Billion Users A Reason To Quit Their iPads, iPhones
Apple devices are reassuringly expensive. It is a widely held customer confidence that Apple Bank and the (fast approaching) iPhone 11 will put it to the test. But the shocking privacy revelations recently challenged that idea, and now even a major scam could make the company's 1.4 billion iPhone and iPad users feel that it is rotten to the core.
After the news that Apple secretly paid contractors to listen to audio recordings from users' iPhones and iPads, we now know that almost every iPhone and iPad on the planet has been open to attack for at least two years. Also, it was cheaper to attack, tricked thousands of owners every week and Apple had no clue that it was going on.
Google's Project Zero security team broke the news (coverage of Forbes), revealing that hackers have quietly developed a system that disables iOS vulnerabilities to gain full control of your iPhone or iPad To be daisy-chained together. All the owners had to uncover was that some websites and Google had estimated thousands of visitors per week.
Once, hackers had full access to your photos, contacts, private messages, and even encrypted data, such as passwords, such as iOS kitchens - in Apple's password protection system.
In a wide range of interviews, Wired spoke to security experts, who described the findings as "horrific", "chilling" and likely the work of state-sponsored hackers. The victims "may not have given any indication that their devices were infected" and it replaced "everything we know about iPhone hacking".
Apple devices are reassuringly expensive. It is a widely held customer confidence that Apple Bank and the (fast approaching) iPhone 11 will put it to the test. But the shocking privacy revelations recently challenged that idea, and now even a major scam could make the company's 1.4 billion iPhone and iPad users feel that it is rotten to the core.
After the news that Apple secretly paid contractors to listen to audio recordings from users' iPhones and iPads, we now know that almost every iPhone and iPad on the planet has been open to attack for at least two years. Also, it was cheaper to attack, tricked thousands of owners every week and Apple had no clue that it was going on.
Google's Project Zero security team broke the news (coverage of Forbes), revealing that hackers have quietly developed a system that disables iOS vulnerabilities to gain full control of your iPhone or iPad To be daisy-chained together. All the owners had to uncover was that some websites and Google had estimated thousands of visitors per week.
Once, hackers had full access to your photos, contacts, private messages, and even encrypted data, such as passwords, such as iOS kitchens - in Apple's password protection system.
In a wide range of interviews, Wired spoke to security experts, who described the findings as "horrific", "chilling" and likely the work of state-sponsored hackers. The victims "may not have given any indication that their devices were infected" and it replaced "everything we know about iPhone hacking".
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