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iOS: The Trust Jacking Gambit →

April 20, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Operating Systems, Operating System Security, Opposable Thumbs, Information Security, Device Security, Device Exploitation, Vectored Attacks

Roy Iarchy, writing at Symantec's security blog, comes this story of Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iOS, Operating System flaws, and the vector - the TrustJacking gambit, all wrapped up in a nice tidy package. Bad news for iOS, good news for Security vendors, eh? And, not surprisingly, users running older devices not patchable by APple are vulnerable to this form of iOS device jacking as Apple's not focused on patching older devices. Today's unfortunate Must Read.

April 20, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Operating Systems, Operating System Security, Opposable Thumbs, Information Security, Device Security, Device Exploitation, Vectored Attacks
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