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Apple Just Patched A Security Flaw In iCloud
Business Insider ^
| September 1, 2014
| James Cook
Posted on 09/01/2014 8:12:52 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
Engadget reports that Apple has fixed a major bug in its Find My iPhone software that allowed hackers to gain access to iCloud accounts. The fix comes just hours after a hacker leaked hundreds of nude celebrity photos on 4chan in return for Bitcoin donations.
Apple's Find My iPhone login page was discovered to have been vulnerable to so-called "brute force" hacks. Hackers are usually locked out of sites if they try to gain access using multiple passwords, but it was discovered that the Find My iPhone API allows users to repeatedly try different passwords. Security researcher Alexey Troshichev revealed that it's possible to combine this exploit with a list of common passwords in order to make a tool that can gain access to iCloud accounts.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: hackers; icloud; iphone; maccult
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To: Drew68
Um, you didn’t hear about a video with one of those “tasteful” breaches. That is what the Bitcoin purchase was to provide.
This is really bad news, all-around.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:47:37 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: Ditter
I dont bank, shop or pay bills on line.
While I finally do all the above - I still do not Facebook, Twitter or iCloud.
Why anyone would dump ALL their personal info from their secure device (PC, tablet, smartphone), into a "cloud" where anything can happen, is beyond me.
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:48:01 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: ConservativeMind
Must have been the “Click here to download dirty pictures of celebs” backdoor...oops I mean security flaw
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:50:25 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: ConservativeMind
"The phone has a fingerprint reader, which will ensure only you can make payments, when that is unveiled this month."
Are the finger prints stored in the cloud? How would you know?
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posted on
09/01/2014 8:51:29 AM PDT
by
Citizen Zed
("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
To: ConservativeMind
Um, you didnt hear about a video with one of those tasteful breaches. I've heard about it. It's allegedly been confirmed as fake. I haven't seen it though.
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posted on
09/01/2014 9:03:39 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Pikachu_Dad
I think you’re being sarcastic, but hard to tell. At any rate, there are better phones than iphones, particularly when you factor in the cost of the phone and related services. Apple never cornered the market on phones even though they want people to believe they did.
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posted on
09/01/2014 9:04:58 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: ConservativeMind
What is funny to me are all the comments, if this was MS they would be slammed left and right, but since it's Apple the little darling even the negative comments are extremely mild.I think we are going to see more and more hacks against Apple because for one thing it's the challenge they desire and for another all the beautiful, special people own Apple products and the treasure trove of information is just too hard to resist.
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posted on
09/01/2014 9:05:16 AM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: oh8eleven
"How is an Apple better?" From what I gather owning an Apple product makes you superior to those owning inferior products.
At least that is how it works around here. The libtards around here own Apple Gadgets the rest of us use anything but and save tons of money and get the job done.
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posted on
09/01/2014 9:09:54 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: oh8eleven
“How is an Apple better?”
It has a higher initial cost and you have to pay for services that are free elsewhere. Plus you get a product that has no security because everyone knows that Apple products never get hacked. Who wouldn’t want that?
Seriously, I hope this is a wake-up call for Apple to get serious about security.
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posted on
09/01/2014 9:11:16 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Mastador1
Apple doesn’t realize that with success come responsibility. They aren’t a tiny little company with 5% of the market any a longer.
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posted on
09/01/2014 9:13:49 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: ConservativeMind
Impossible. Swordmaker always said apple is perfect. Ha ha.
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posted on
09/01/2014 9:18:30 AM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: Mad Dawgg
From what I gather owning an Apple product makes you superior to those owning inferior products.
LOL ...
Back in the day, when the first Apple computer came out, I drove to the "other" side of town to consider buying one.
I liked what I saw, but the sales reps were so feckin' snooty and condescending, I walked out.
In the ensuing 30-35 years, I have purchased thousands of dollars worth of computers and electronic "stuff" - but not one has been an Apple product.
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posted on
09/01/2014 9:27:31 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Kirkwood
Plus you get a product that has no security because everyone knows that Apple products never get hacked.
I sincerely hope this incident puts an end to the Freepers who are constantly reminding us of that.
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posted on
09/01/2014 9:30:11 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven
I believe if your connected to the net, in any way by phone or CPU, you can be compromised. I don’t believe anything is truly secure that is connected.
NSA anyone?
Chinese
Russians.
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posted on
09/01/2014 9:48:26 AM PDT
by
BigpapaBo
(If it don't kill you it'll make you _________!)
To: BigpapaBo
True enough - but if a hacker gets into your system, he gets all the info for one user.
In contrast, a cloud would appear to be a target rich environment for a hacker, so why would he/she even bother with the single user?
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posted on
09/01/2014 10:06:42 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: ConservativeMind
They are going to have to pay settlements - plus - no one is going to trust this Cloud business anymore
To: Izzy Dunne
They take pics - send it to their boyfriend - and delete it, probably not realizing its even in the Cloud.
But now they do.
To: Ditter
It appears any data being backed up to the Cloud can be accessed by clever hackers
To: Scotswife
They will find out where I live and that I don’t like obama. That is about all.
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posted on
09/01/2014 10:24:32 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Kirkwood
I think youre being sarcastic, but hard to tell. At any rate, there are better phones than iphones, particularly when you factor in the cost of the phone and related services. Apple never cornered the market on phones even though they want people to believe they did. I think "Better" is a relative term. Some folks like some features better than others, which determine which way you go with a phone. Other folks, like me, get hand-me-downs. Wife has an iPhone 5. MIL, who lives with us has iPhone4.5. I have iPhone 4. When wife upgrades to iPhone6, I'll have a 4.5, and MIL will have 5.
if I were buying one new for myself, I'd probably go with an android, because I like having a removable micro-SD card. To me, that's the differentiating feature that would make the difference. It did when I bought a tablet. Is it important enough for me to buy a new phone when this one works perfectly fine? No.
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posted on
09/01/2014 10:51:55 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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