Security

Want a Free iPhone and $10,000 Prize? Pwn2Own it!

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Feb 28, 2009 a 9:21 am

Pwn2Own is a hacking contest which in previous years demanded OS exploits on day one, allowed browser vectors on day two (how OS X was compromised last year -- thanks Safari!), and opened the floodgates with 3rd party bugware on day three. First person to successfully hack a machine won it as a prize, along with a nice cash bounty for their troubles.

This year, Ars Technica says Pwn2Own is doing something a little different: they're bringing in the mobiles!

Yet Another MobileMe Phishing Scam

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 a 9:27 am

Stealing credit card information is big business so perhaps it should come as no surprise that we're seeing so many phishing attacks targeted at even niche services like MobileMe. We've reported on a bunch of them already, and this latest one is just more of the same.

iPhone 2.2 + Security Patch to Hit Tomorrow?!

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Nov 20, 2008 a 4:56 pm

Macrumors is quoting Spiegel.dewww. as saying that both a new security flaw has been found in iPhone OS 2.1, and that a patch will be included in iPhone OS 2.2 due to drop... tomorrow?!

ZOMG! Ziphone Dude Crashing iPhones With Malicious Audio Code?

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Nov 3, 2008 a 6:11 pm

Forbes.com (via TUAW) is claiming Ziphone jailbreak author Piergiorgio Zambrini has found a way to crash the iPhone (and other computer systems, according to Zambrini's own website) using specially crafted video files:

iPhone 2.1 Bug Watch: SMS Security and Mail Phishing/Spamming

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Oct 6, 2008 a 12:55 pm

Reader Karl writes in to let us know his twelve year old son discovered a glitch in SMS security:

App Review: eWallet for the iPhone

By Brian Hart, Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 a 3:26 pm

eWallet, from Ilium Software, is now available in the iTunes App Store for $4.99 with a desktop version for Mac OSX coming soon, according to Ilium.

Ilium Software offers their popular eWallet app for Palm, Windows Mobile Pro and Windows Mobile Smartphone. Now, you can have this useful app on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

How does eWallet for the iPhone measure up? Read on for the full review!

TiPb Answers: Secure Individual Apps on the iPhone?

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Sep 22, 2008 a 2:55 pm

TiPb loves answering your emails, but we also love sharing our answers with the community in hopes that more people will benefit, and even better answers will present themselves (hey, that's why we have them forums!). For today's debut TiPb Answers, reader Ryan asks:

I've installed some apps on my phone from itunes, one being facebook mobile. What concerns me is that once i've entered my user/pw the first time it is never required again and anyone who simply "slides" the phone unlocked will have full access. I assume this is true for email as well (although I haven't set that up yet.)

My question is, is there any way to passcode a particular icon on the iphone? Or put a security lock on it?

TiPB answers, after the jump...

Emergency Call Security Flaw Persists in iPhone 2.1

By Jeremy, Friday, Sep 19, 2008 a 9:00 pm

About a month ago Dieter reported about a fairly large security flaw in firmware 2.0.2 that gave access to Safari, Email, and a frightening amount of personal data. Apple patched it in 2.1. Or did they?

This could be a flaw, or feature, but it turns out you still have the ability to make a phone call, to any number, while the iPhone is locked with a passcode. Wasn't the "emergency" call feature meant to call "emergency" numbers such as 911 only?

Apple can you please put this on your "need to fix" list? Thank you!

Eye-Candy or All-Seeing Eye? iPhone Effects a Security Risk?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Sep 12, 2008 a 9:30 am

Apple has past mastered using animation to aid both usability and fill transitions. An example of the latter is the "shrink" effect used when you hit the home button: whatever's currently on diminishes to nothingness and the home screen icons fly back into place. To do this effect, however, the iPhone takes a quick screen shot, and then uses the built in CoreGraphics/Animation layers to rapidly scale it down.