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Apple provides background Secure Enclave updates to several older processors

This should come in handy. Apple has silently made changes to its A12, A13, and S5 system-on-chips to alter the Secure Enclave in Fall 2020, to include a second-generation model of the Secure Enclave. The changes were apparently part of an update and were noted as updates to the Apple Platform Security pages spotted by […]

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FBI successfully cracks iPhone 11 Pro in Ohio, puts Apple’s requirement for cooperation in unlocking iPhones in doubt

The U.S. government may not actually need Apple’s help to break iPhone encryption, as the FBI appears to have done this on its own. According to a recent Forbes article, FBI investigators in Ohio recently used the GrayKey hardware box to unlock an iPhone 11 Pro Max. The ‌iPhone‌ belonged to Baris Ali Koch, who was […]

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Apple vows to close security hole used by law enforcement to unlock iOS devices

Apple, having long since vowed to create the iPhone as a device that only its owners can open and mired in controversies as to whether to allow law enforcement in, has stated that it is planning an iPhone software update that would effectively disable the phone’s charging and data port hour after the phone is […]

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USB Restricted Mode for iOS 11.4 could limit law enforcement agencies’ times to unlock iOS devices to seven days

Apple is looking to make iOS even more secure, even if they irk law enforcement along the way. iOS 11.4, which is still in development, will include a security feature that disables the Lightning port if the iPhone hasn’t been unlocked for seven days. The feature is called USB Restricted Mode. Apple has described it […]

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Grayshift confronts extortion demands after parts of GrayKey source code stolen, published online

It helps to keep your proprietary source code same. Grayshift, the firm responsible for the GrayKey iPhone hacking tool, has been targeted an extortionist after its product’s source code was inadvertently exposed to the internet last week. An unknown third party seems to have stolen GrayKey’s source code and leaked part of it online. The […]