Tuesday, February 23, 2021

New iOS 14.5 Security Feature Will Stop Hackers in Their Tracks

...it looks like Apple is making some pretty big sweeping steps in iOS 14.5 to lock the whole system down even further.


In fact, Apple has already been taking steps to harden iOS 14 against one of the most common exploits — iMessage vulnerabilities — thanks to a very cool new technology dubbed ‘Blastdoor’. However, it looks like Blastdoor was only the beginning, with iOS 14.5 adding some new defences against “zero-click” attacks in general...

As the name implies, a “zero-click attack” is a method by which hackers can take advantage of security vulnerabilities to get into your iPhone or iPad without requiring any interaction on your part. more