Apple fights back in court, refusing to hack into iPhone for FBI
9 years, 1 month ago

Apple fights back in court, refusing to hack into iPhone for FBI

China Daily  

People gather at a small rally in support of Apple's refusal to help the FBI access the cell phone of a gunman involved in the killings of 14 people in San Bernardino, in Santa Monica, California, United States, February 23, 2016. Apple asked Judge Sheri Pym of the US District Court, Central California, to reverse her order on Feb 16 that the Silicon Valley company help the FBI access the work phone of Syed Farook, who together with his wife Tashfeen Malik shot dead 14 people on Dec 2 last year in San Bernardino, California. In Apple's filing Thursday, the company's first response through the court, rather than fighting back through the court of public opinion in the past week, Apple accused the government of seeking "dangerous power" by proposing a "boundless interpretation" of the law. The US Department of Justice filed a motion with the court on Feb 19 to compel Apple to comply with the judge's order, noting that the company had been cooperative and alleging that its recent refusal "appears to be based on its concerns for its business model and public brand marketing strategy."

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Court hearing reported to be Apple's appeal against UK order held in secret
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Court hearing reported to be Apple's appeal against UK order held in secret

The Hindu  

] A London court hearing, reported to be Apple's appeal against a British government order to create a "back door" to its encrypted cloud storage systems, was held in secret on Friday, with media not allowed to attend despite a formal request. In February, The Washington Post reported that Britain had issued a "technical capability notice" to the tech firm …

Apple is locking out thieves, cops from stolen/seized iPhones that are lying unused
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Apple is locking out thieves, cops from stolen/seized iPhones that are lying unused

Firstpost  

Law enforcement officials, facing additional hurdles in accessing data from iPhones they have seized are unhappy. But security experts believe the real risk comes from thieves, and have highlighted how the new feature prevents criminals from keeping a stolen iPhone operational for months The new feature triggers iPhones to automatically reboot if left unlocked for a long enough period, resetting …

Apple to add ‘lockdown’ safeguard on iPhones, iPads, Macs
2 years, 8 months ago

Apple to add ‘lockdown’ safeguard on iPhones, iPads, Macs

Associated Press  

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple said it will roll out a “lockdown” option for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers intended to protect against spyware unleashed by state- The safeguard announced Wednesday is a tacit acknowledgement that not even Apple — the world’s most valuable company — has been able to adequately shield the iPhone and its other products against intrusions from …

Apple to add 'lockdown' safeguard on iPhones, iPads, Macs
2 years, 8 months ago

Apple to add 'lockdown' safeguard on iPhones, iPads, Macs

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Apple said it will roll …

iPhone update: Apple issues urgent software update to address critical spyware vulnerability
3 years, 6 months ago

iPhone update: Apple issues urgent software update to address critical spyware vulnerability

CNN  

CNN Business — Apple has updated its software for iPhones to address a critical vulnerability that independent researchers say has been exploited by notorious surveillance software to spy on a Saudi activist. Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said the software exploit has been in use since February and has been used to deploy Pegasus, the spyware made …

Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelations
3 years, 9 months ago

Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelations

Associated Press  

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Seeking to protect its image as a guardian of personal privacy, Apple maintains it was blindsided and handcuffed by a Trump administration probe that resulted in the company handing over phone data from two Democratic congressmen. “It would have been virtually impossible for Apple to understand the intent of the desired information without digging through users’ …

How the FBI Finally Got Into the San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone
3 years, 11 months ago

How the FBI Finally Got Into the San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

Wired  

As the Biden administration moves on an ever-growing list of policy initiatives, the White House issued sanctions this week for a slate of Russian misdeeds, including interference in the 2020 election, the poisoning of dissident Aleksey Navalny, and the SolarWinds hacking spree that swept United States government agencies and many private-sector companies. Elsewhere in the US government, the Justice Department …

Apple’s head of security charged with bribery
4 years, 4 months ago

Apple’s head of security charged with bribery

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Apple's head of global …

FBI finally hacks into terrorist's iPhone but raps Apple for not cooperating
4 years, 10 months ago

FBI finally hacks into terrorist's iPhone but raps Apple for not cooperating

India Today  

When Apple locked its horns with the Federal Bureau of Investigation over iPhone unlocking of the Florida shooter, it made its stance clear about privacy. Apple had said it would not help the FBI unlock the terrorist's iPhone units that could reveal confidential information related to the attack. The investigation of the terrorist convicted for the mass shooting in Pensacola, …

The FBI Backs Down Against Apple—Again
55 years, 3 months ago

The FBI Backs Down Against Apple—Again

Wired  

The latest high-stakes standoff between Apple and the FBI has come to an end. After claiming for months that Apple alone could unlock the two iPhones of Pensacola, Florida shooter Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, the agency announced today that it had managed to do so without Cupertino’s help—and without undermining the encryption that protects over 1 billion iOS devices worldwide. “Every …

AP Explains: The Justice Department’s new quarrel with Apple
5 years, 2 months ago

AP Explains: The Justice Department’s new quarrel with Apple

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The deadly shooting of three U.S. sailors at a Navy installation in December could reignite a long-simmering fight between the federal government and tech companies over data privacy and encryption. “They’re just public shaming and asking nicely,” said Bruce Schneier, an encryption expert at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. “Hurting everybody’s security …

Editorial: DOJ's misguided efforts to force Apple to hack iPhones
5 years, 2 months ago

Editorial: DOJ's misguided efforts to force Apple to hack iPhones

LA Times  

Here we go again. At issue are two older iPhones belonging to Mohammed Alshamrani, a second lieutenant in the Saudi Arabian Air Force who was taking a flight training course last year at a naval air base in Pensacola, Fla. On Dec. 6, authorities say, Alshamrani shot almost a dozen people at the base, killing three before being shot and …

Apple offers $1 million ’bounty’ to researchers who find iPhone security flaws
5 years, 7 months ago

Apple offers $1 million ’bounty’ to researchers who find iPhone security flaws

Live Mint  

Las Vegas: Apple Inc is offering cyber security researchers up to $1 million to detect flaws in iPhones, the largest reward offered by a company to defend against hackers, at a time of rising concern about governments breaking into the mobile devices of dissidents, journalists and human rights advocates. Unlike other technology providers, Apple previously offered rewards only to invited …

The FBI Wanted a Backdoor to the iPhone. Tim Cook Said No
55 years, 3 months ago

The FBI Wanted a Backdoor to the iPhone. Tim Cook Said No

Wired  

In 2016, Tim Cook fought the law—and won. Late in the afternoon of Tuesday, February 16, 2016, Cook and several lieutenants gathered in the “junior boardroom” on the executive floor at One Infinite Loop, Apple’s old headquarters. Apple was given no warning about the writ, even though Cook, Apple’s top lawyer, Bruce Sewell, and others had been actively speaking about …

Apple tells Congress that it found no signs of tampering with its microchips
6 years, 5 months ago

Apple tells Congress that it found no signs of tampering with its microchips

Firstpost  

Apple top security officer told Congress on Sunday that it had found no sign of suspicious transmissions or other evidence that it had been penetrated in a sophisticated attack on its supply chain. Apple Vice President for Information Security, George Stathakopoulos wrote in a letter to the Senate and House commerce committees that the company had repeatedly investigated and found …

Can This System of Unlocking Phones Crack the Crypto War?
6 years, 11 months ago

Can This System of Unlocking Phones Crack the Crypto War?

Wired  

On December 2, 2015, a man named Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire on employees of the Department of Public Health in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and injuring 22 during what was supposed to be a staff meeting and holiday celebration. “I just don’t want to get to a day where people look at …

Watchdog: FBI could have tried harder to hack iPhone
7 years ago

Watchdog: FBI could have tried harder to hack iPhone

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — FBI officials could have tried harder to unlock an iPhone as part of a terrorism investigation before launching an extraordinary court fight with Apple Inc. in an effort to force it to break open the device, the Justice Department’s watchdog said Tuesday. The department’s inspector general said it found no evidence the FBI was able to access data …

Race to unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone was delayed by poor FBI communication, report finds
7 years ago

Race to unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone was delayed by poor FBI communication, report finds

LA Times  

The FBI’s race to hack into the cellphone of slain San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook was hindered by poor internal communication, but officials did not mislead Congress about their technological capabilities, according to an inspector general’s report released Tuesday. “This problem impacts our investigations across the board,” Wray said in January at a speech at a cybersecurity conference, calling …

Apple served with search warrant over Texas church shooting
7 years, 4 months ago

Apple served with search warrant over Texas church shooting

India TV News  

Luxury US tech-giant Apple has been served with a search warrant for access to an iPhone SE which was used by the gunman who killed 27 people in a Texas church, the media reported. According to a San Antonio Express-News report, Texas Rangers have served Apple with the warrant for data on Kelley's iPhone SE, seeking access to both local …

FBI again finds itself unable to unlock a gunman’s cellphone
7 years, 4 months ago

FBI again finds itself unable to unlock a gunman’s cellphone

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Texas church massacre is providing a familiar frustration for law enforcement: FBI agents are unable to unlock the gunman’s encrypted cellphone to learn what evidence it might hold. And the fiery public debate surrounding the FBI’s legal fight with Apple Inc. has largely faded since federal authorities announced they were able to access a locked phone in …

FBI doesn’t have to say who unlocked San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, judge rules
7 years, 6 months ago

FBI doesn’t have to say who unlocked San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, judge rules

LA Times  

The FBI does not have to reveal the identity of a vendor that helped it unlock the iPhone of one of the shooters in the 2015 San Bernardino terror attack, or the price it paid for the vendor’s services, a federal judge ruled. In summary judgment issued Saturday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in the District of Columbia wrote that …

FBI releases documents with deleted details, pertaining to the the San Bernandino iPhone hacking case
8 years, 2 months ago

FBI releases documents with deleted details, pertaining to the the San Bernandino iPhone hacking case

Firstpost  

The FBI has released 100 pages of heavily censored documents related to its agreement with an unidentified vendor to hack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters, but it did not identify whom it paid to perform the work or how much it cost. The FBI, in its records release Friday, censored critical details that …

FBI releases heavily censored documents related to its hacking of San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
8 years, 2 months ago

FBI releases heavily censored documents related to its hacking of San Bernardino shooter's iPhone

Firstpost  

The FBI on Friday released 100 pages of heavily censored documents related to its agreement with an unidentified vendor to hack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino The FBI on Friday released 100 pages of heavily censored documents related to its agreement with an unidentified vendor to hack into an iPhone used by one of the …

FBI releases information on San Bernardino shooter iPhone hacking but vendor remains unidentified
8 years, 2 months ago

FBI releases information on San Bernardino shooter iPhone hacking but vendor remains unidentified

ABC  

The FBI have released 100 pages of heavily censored documents related to its agreement with an unidentified vendor to hack into an iPhone used by one of the attackers involved in the San Bernardino shootings. The FBI's iPhone crack The FBI broke into the iPhone 5C used by one of the San Bernardino shooters after a request for help from …

News groups sue FBI for details on iPhone hacking tool in San Bernardino attack investigation
8 years, 6 months ago

News groups sue FBI for details on iPhone hacking tool in San Bernardino attack investigation

LA Times  

News organizations are suing the FBI to find out how much the government spent trying to hack into the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters. The Associated Press and two other news organizations The Associated Press and two other news organizations sued the FBI on Friday to learn who the government paid and how much it spent …

How the FBI Could Have Hacked the San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone
8 years, 6 months ago

How the FBI Could Have Hacked the San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone

Wired  

More than six months have passed since the FBI first ordered Apple to help the agency bypass the encryption on the iPhone 5c of Rizwan Syed Farook, an ISIS supporter who with his wife killed 14 people in San Bernardino before dying in a shootout with police. On Wednesday, Cambridge University security researcher Sergei Skorobogatov published a paper detailing a …

iPhone 7: What Apple’s WWDC announcements might tell us about the new phone
8 years, 9 months ago

iPhone 7: What Apple’s WWDC announcements might tell us about the new phone

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Some of those new features might be based in software rather than hardware – and having an …

Push for Encryption Law Falters Despite Apple Case Spotlight
8 years, 10 months ago

Push for Encryption Law Falters Despite Apple Case Spotlight

The Quint  

After a rampage that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, key US lawmakers pledged to seek a law requiring technology companies to give law enforcement agencies a “back door” to encrypted communications and electronic devices, such as the iPhone used by one of the shooters. Now, only months later, much of the support is gone, and the push for …

Despite Apple case spotlight, push for encryption law falters.
8 years, 10 months ago

Despite Apple case spotlight, push for encryption law falters.

Firstpost  

After a rampage in San Bernardino, key U.S. lawmakers pledged to seek a law requiring tech companies to give law enforcement a “back door” to encryption in communications and electronic devices, such as the iPhone used by one of the shooters. After a rampage that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, key U.S. lawmakers pledged to seek a law …

FBI paid under $US1 million to unlock the San Bernardino iPhone, Government sources say
8 years, 10 months ago

FBI paid under $US1 million to unlock the San Bernardino iPhone, Government sources say

ABC  

The FBI paid under $US1 million for the technique used to unlock the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, several US Government sources say, a figure smaller than the $US1.3 million the agency's chief initially indicated the hack cost. However, the same Government sources said that the FBI would now able to use the technique to unlock …

The FBI reported first iOS and Mac vulnerability to Apple on 14 April under new disclosure process
8 years, 11 months ago

The FBI reported first iOS and Mac vulnerability to Apple on 14 April under new disclosure process

Firstpost  

The FBI informed Apple Inc of a vulnerability in its iPhone and Mac software on April 14, the first time it had told the company about a flaw in Apple products under a controversial White House process for sharing such information, the company told Reuters on Tuesday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation told the company that the disclosure resulted from …

US drops bid to force Apple to help unlock second iPhone
8 years, 11 months ago

US drops bid to force Apple to help unlock second iPhone

Live Mint  

Brooklyn: The US government said it no longer needs Apple’s help to get into an iPhone used by a drug dealer in New York after obtaining a passcode, ending a second courtroom battle over whether the company can be forced to help unlock its devices. The justice department’s action follows its decision last month to drop efforts to force Apple …

The FBI's dangerous Apple-hack rationalizations: How it's now stealing a page from the CIA's torture playbook
8 years, 11 months ago

The FBI's dangerous Apple-hack rationalizations: How it's now stealing a page from the CIA's torture playbook

Salon  

In justifying their efforts to get into San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone, the FBI is now using the same logic that the CIA used to justify torturing people who had no information to share. Over the course of the FBI's legal effort to force Apple to disable security features in order to make it easier for them to crack …

FBI Paid More Than $1 Million To Access San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone
8 years, 11 months ago

FBI Paid More Than $1 Million To Access San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone

NPR  

FBI Paid More Than $1 Million To Access San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that the federal government paid a steep fee for help accessing data on the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers. Considering the FBI director makes around $185,000 a year, that means the bureau shelled out more than $1 million for …

Apple, FBI to clash again in Congress over encryption
8 years, 11 months ago

Apple, FBI to clash again in Congress over encryption

Firstpost  

Apple and the FBI will return to Congress next week to testify before lawmakers about their heated disagreement over law enforcement access to encrypted devices, a congressional committee announced. Apple’s general counsel, Bruce Sewell, and Amy Hess, executive assistant director for science and technology at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will testify on separate panels before a House Energy and …

FBI paid professional hackers to help unlock San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone
8 years, 11 months ago

FBI paid professional hackers to help unlock San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The FBI paid professional …

Hackers Helped FBI Crack San Bernardino iPhone
8 years, 11 months ago

Hackers Helped FBI Crack San Bernardino iPhone

The Quint  

Professional hackers discovered at least one software flaw that helped the FBI break into an iPhone used by a San Bernardino attacker, the Washington Post reported today. The discovery of the flaw was used to fashion a piece of hardware that helped US authorities dodge the iPhone’s four-digit personal identification number without activating a feature that would have erased all …

You will not believe how the FBI cracked the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone
8 years, 11 months ago

You will not believe how the FBI cracked the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone

Firstpost  

According to a report, the FBI cracked the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone with the help of professional hackers who discovered and brought it to the bureau, according to people familiar with the matter. According to a report by the Washington Post, the FBI cracked the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone with the help of professional hackers who discovered and brought it …

US judge orders Apple to help FBI with iPhone unlocking in two more cases
8 years, 11 months ago

US judge orders Apple to help FBI with iPhone unlocking in two more cases

Firstpost  

But in a letter filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the Justice Department said, “The government continues to require Apple’s assistance in accessing the data that it is authorized to search by warrant.” The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it would keep fighting to force Apple Inc to open an iPhone in a New York drug case, …

US judge orders tech giant Apple to assist police to unlock New York drug dealer's iPhone
8 years, 11 months ago

US judge orders tech giant Apple to assist police to unlock New York drug dealer's iPhone

ABC  

A New York judge has ordered tech giant Apple to assist law enforcement officers examining the iPhone of an alleged gang member, according to a court filing unsealed in Boston. "The Government continues to require Apple's assistance in accessing the data that it is authorised to search by warrant," Justice Department lawyers told US District Court Judge Margo Brodie in …

FBI's iPhone unlocking method developed in San Bernardino case 'won't work on newer models'
8 years, 11 months ago

FBI's iPhone unlocking method developed in San Bernardino case 'won't work on newer models'

ABC  

The FBI's secret method for unlocking the iPhone 5C used by one of the San Bernardino shooters will not work on newer models, director James Comey says. The Justice Department said in March it had unlocked the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone with the help of an unidentified third party and dropped its case against Apple Inc, ending a high-stakes legal …

Justice Department still seeks Apple’s help to unlock a drug dealer’s iPhone
8 years, 11 months ago

Justice Department still seeks Apple’s help to unlock a drug dealer’s iPhone

LA Times  

A customer tries an Apple iPhone SE at the company’s Omotesando store last month in Tokyo. The Justice Department said Friday it still needs Apple’s help to unlock a convicted drug dealer’s iPhone in a New York City case, despite having successfully employed a third party to access a similar device used by one of the terrorists involved in December’s …

FBI director says its hack is for iPhone 5C only; feds debate sharing method with Apple
8 years, 11 months ago

FBI director says its hack is for iPhone 5C only; feds debate sharing method with Apple

LA Times  

The FBI has not decided whether to share with Apple Inc. details about how the bureau hacked into an iPhone linked to a California terrorism investigation, the bureau’s director said Wednesday. He called their ability to get into the iPhone a “technological corner case” and said the flaw the FBI exploited in Apple’s software works only on a “narrow slice …

FBI trick for breaking into iPhone likely to leak, limiting its use
8 years, 11 months ago

FBI trick for breaking into iPhone likely to leak, limiting its use

Live Mint  

San Francisco: The FBI’s method for breaking into a locked iPhone 5c is unlikely to stay secret for long, according to senior Apple Inc engineers and outside experts. If the government pursues a similar case seeking Apple’s help in New York, the court could make the FBI disclose its new trick. “The FBI would need to resign itself to the …

Inside the little-known Japan firm helping the FBI crack iPhones
9 years ago

Inside the little-known Japan firm helping the FBI crack iPhones

Live Mint  

Tokyo/New York: The little-known Japanese company at the center of a legal tussle between Apple Inc. and the US government over the hacking of an iPhone built its business on pinball games machines and stumbled into the mobile phone security business almost by accident. In 2007, as sales slumped, Sun acquired Israeli technology company Cellebrite Mobile Synchronization Ltd. Cellebrite hadn’t …

Why Do the Feds Usually Try to Unlock Phones? It's Drugs, Not Terrorism
9 years ago

Why Do the Feds Usually Try to Unlock Phones? It's Drugs, Not Terrorism

Wired  

Until the FBI backed down from its battle with Apple over accessing the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, it seemed the agency had chosen a near-perfect case on which to make its stand against encryption. Of the total of 41 cases in which the ACLU could determine the crime that caused the DOJ to demand access …

Apple’s Encryption Battle with US Government Still Not Over
9 years ago

Apple’s Encryption Battle with US Government Still Not Over

The Quint  

If the US Department of Justice asks a New York court to force Apple Inc to unlock an iPhone, the technology company could push the government to reveal how it accessed the phone which belonged to a shooter in San Bernardino, a source familiar with the situation said. The Justice Department withdrew a similar request in California this week, saying …

Q&A: Why the FBI’s hack of Apple iPhone could remain top secret
9 years ago

Q&A: Why the FBI’s hack of Apple iPhone could remain top secret

LA Times  

Unlocking the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters might not have the far-reaching effects that some once thought. Any application of the method used to access Farook’s phone would probably be limited to investigations that are unlikely to result in criminal cases, the official said. News that the FBI found a way into Farook’s phone Monday drew …

Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer’s iPhone
9 years ago

Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer’s iPhone

LA Times  

Attorneys for Apple are researching legal tactics to compel the government to turn over specifics on how it unlocked an iPhone 5c. And the agency has shown no interest in telling Apple how it skirted the phone’s security features, leaving the tech giant guessing about a vulnerability that could compromise millions of devices. “The responsible thing for the government to …

FBI agrees to help Arkansas prosecutors open iPhone after hack of San Bernardino device
9 years ago

FBI agrees to help Arkansas prosecutors open iPhone after hack of San Bernardino device

LA Times  

Apple appears to have gained a momentary reprieve in the tech industry’s sparring with the government over encryption technology. The FBI has agreed to help prosecutors gain access to an iPhone 6 and an iPod that might hold evidence in an Arkansas murder trial, just days after the agency managed to hack an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino terror …

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