Hackers Target Apple? Congratulations!
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Hackers wouldn't bother writing malicious code to infect the Macintosh unless those computers actually mattered.
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Hackers have found a way to use  Apple Inc&#39;s iPhone on networks other than AT&T Inc&#39;s, opening  up the coveted device to rival carriers and overseas customers,  according to a Web report on Friday.
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InfoWorld - Apple&#39;s iPhone is a tough&#160;target for hackers, but a security researcher warned Friday that there are ways the sleek device could potentially be compromised.
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With iPhone prices dropping and noticeable improvements in the quality of iPhone hacking tools, Apple's phone has become a more interesting target for hackers.
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(InfoWorld) - Apple's iPhone is a toughÂ target for hackers, but a security researcher warned Friday that there are ways the sleek device could potentially be compromised. TheÂ iPhoneÂ has no security software, but Apple doesn't let people load third-party programs on the device, reducing the risk of infection from malicious software. But when the iPhone is connected to the Web, possibilities emerge, said Marius van Oers, a security researcher with McAfee's AVERT Labs in Amsterdam. He doesn't claim to have uncovered a specific security hole in the device, but listed several ways thatÂ determined hackersÂ could use the Web to try to find a way in. Apple is relying on developers to create rich Web-based applications that will be accessed through the mobile version of the company's Safari Web browser. Browser flaws are a proven way for hackers to get unauthorized code running on a system, van Oers said. "It's fairly easy to send someone an SMS (Short Messaging Service) or an e-mail with a Web link," he said. "And once you go to the Web link, then that server can inject code into the iPhone, and if that happens, [a hacker] can have full control." That's what happened with aÂ Safari flawÂ found by Independent Security Evaluators, a company that detailed its findings at the Black Hat security conference in August. By constructing a malicious Web site, the researchers injected code into the iPhone and pilfered recent text messages, phone numbers and e-mail. Apple has since patched the flaw. "Once you get access to the system, it's all over," van Oers said. He presented his view ofÂ iPhone securityÂ Friday at the Virus Bulletin security conference in Vienna. Although he is based in Europe, he examined an iPhone purchased in the U.S. His view of the iPhone's security is more cautionary and speculative, but rooted in the well-known ways that hackers work. Apple also allows the use of JavaScript when the iPhone interacts with Web pages, a programming language that has been used to exploit software problems, van Oers said. Further, Apple's multimedia application QuickTime has been prone to trouble, and there are several proof-of-concept exploits circulating the Web now for version 7, van Oers said. How that proof-of-concept code could affect QuickTime on the iPhone remains to be seen. Nonetheless, with the iPhone already popular in the U.S. and due toÂ go on sale in EuropeÂ in about six weeks, Apple can expect more aggressive attempts by malicious hackers to meddle with it. Hacking mobile devices is less prevalent than hacking desktop computers. But interesting malicious programs have been written for mobiles, including some that repeatedly autodial or send text messages to a premium number. The number is owned by the hackers, who collect the revenue. The chance of those kinds of malicious software affecting the iPhone today is probably low, but "that's the future. Let's hope it will not come to that," van Oers said. Â
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The bug, when paired with Firefox, allows hackers to hijack PCs and Macs.
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The CanSecWest security research conference promoters are thinking about giving hackers another shot at cracking the Mac. Only this time, they're looking to broaden the field.
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Hackers have already succeeded in cracking the iPhone's activation process, a step towards unlocking the iPhone.
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One year after launching a controversial Macintosh hacking contest, the promoters of the CanSecWest security research conference are thinking about giving hackers another shot at cracking the Mac. Only this time, they&#39;re looking to broaden the field.Last year, show organizers invited attendees to hack into a Macintosh laptop with the successful hacker winning the computer and a cash prize. But this year, they&#39;re talking about giving attendees three targets to choose from. &quot;We&#39;re thinking of having a contest where we have Vista and OS X and Linux ... and see which one goes first,&quot; said Dragos Ruiu, the principal organizer of CanSecWest.Last year, security researcher Dino Dai Zovi spent a sleepless night hacking his Mac in order to take the prize at the show&#39;s first PWN to OWN contest.&#160;Dai Zovi found a QuickTime bug&#160;that allowed him to run unauthorized software on the Mac once the computer&#39;s browser was directed to a specially crafted Web page.Dai Zovi split the contest prize with a friend at the show, Shane Macaulay, who helped him pull off his attack. Macaulay got to keep the Macbook Pro while Dai Zovi pocketed the $10,000 put up by 3Com&#39;s Tipping Point division in exchange for technical details on the bug.It turned out that the QuickTime bug affected the Windows operating system too, but Ruiu said that Dai Zovi&#39;s hack helped change the way the industry thinks about the Mac OS, which has a reputation for being far more secure than Windows. &quot;We were trying to point out that there was a security issue with Mac stuff here, and everybody was trying to play ostrich.&quot;Ruiu and Dai Zovi say that last year&#39;s contest helped kick off a flurry of Mac-related security research, but according to TippingPoint Manager of Security Response Terri Forslof, it also illustrated a security industry truism: &quot;Given enough time and motivation, everything can be broken,&quot; she said. &quot;When TippingPoint agreed to purchase whatever vulnerability was used to win the contest for $10,000, it added an appropriate level of motivation. That&#39;s how it works.&quot;Shortly after last year&#39;s contest, Gartner published a research paper warning that such challenges are &quot;risky endeavors&quot; that could put sensitive vulnerability information out in the public domain.That hasn&#39;t stopped CanSecWest from pressing forward with this year&#39;s event.Ruiu isn&#39;t certain that he&#39;ll run the three-way hacking contest this year. That&#39;s because he also has a grander, top-secret hacking contest idea that may or may not pan out, he said.Either way, he promised &quot;an interesting spectacle.&quot;
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A softball tech question: Can you name the innovator whose gorgeously distinctive products earn praise from reviewers and almost cultish devotion from customers? The answer: Apple Computer.
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The iPhone and Apple Inc.'s   desktop computers may be vulnerable to hackers due to a flaw in  their Web browser, according to a security firm, which said it  found a way to hack into the iPhone.
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A hacker group has released a free, open-source unlock for Apple Inc.'s iPhone, although it's not for the faint of heart.
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In 2007 hackers found a new target, Mac OS X.
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Apple issues patch for iTunes to prevent attacks. Also: Identity thief gets jail time.
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When Apple Inc. introduced the latest version of its Safari browser two weeks ago, it took the hacking community just hours to start reporting bugs in the beta code. On Friday, the iPhone is likely to get even closer scrutiny from many of the same security researchers. Here's a list of the top items on the typical iPhone hacker's to-do list.
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It arrived in a blaze of publicity and had frenzied gadget fans queuing for days before its launch last month. But just weeks after Apple's iPhone was unleashed on American shoppers, researchers say they have discovered how to hack into it and steal personal information.
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Three researchers using a handful of tools mostly developed by others over the few weeks since the product's introduction, claim they have successfully cracked the Apple iPhone. The group plans to demonstrate the methods it claims to have discovered at the BlackHat security conference in Las Vegas next week.