iOS

Tech news from around the web: A possible security flaw in Apple’s iOS mobile operating system could allow third-party applications add unapproved features,  Forbes reports. Accuvant security researcher Charlie Miller has found a flaw in iOS …

Just hours after security researcher Charlie Miller told me about a new, potentially dangerous bug he’d found in Apple’s iOS operating system that allows unapproved code to be run on iPads and iPhones, he received an email from Apple …

Apple expelled a highly regarded cybersecurity expert from one of its developers’ programs, stripping him of rights to build software for iPads and iPhones after he publicly demonstrated a flaw in its iOS operating system. The electronics giant took action … Continue reading →

November 08, 2011 — Network World — Apple has banned well-known security researcher Charlie Miller from its developer program, for creating an apparently benign iOS app that was actually designed to exploit a security flaw he had uncovered in the … Continue reading →

With an upcoming patch to its iOS mobile operating system, Apple will fix a glaring flaw in the iPad 2 that lets anyone break into a passcode-protected, locked device simply by opening and closing the iPad’s Smart Cover. The security … Continue reading →

This isn’t the first brush Apple’s iOS platform has had with apps that exploit security holes to run unsigned code, but according to the developer of InstaStock, this may be the first to get a security researcher booted from its … Continue reading →

(gigaom.com) — Apple had previously released iOS 5.0.1 to developers for beta testing, but as of Tuesday, a report claims it’s now extending that testing pool to include some ordinary end users, too. 9t05Mac received an invitation to download …

In fact, some go unannounced and are discovered by users. The feature discovered today in Apple’s latest iOS 5 has not been released to the public yet. This is a feature I have been waiting for since I hate having … Continue reading →

Miller wasn’t the only one to notice that Apple had done something different with Safari in iOS 4.3, but many didn’t understand what was actually happening. Various news sites and bloggers claimed that Web apps running outside of Safari, and … Continue reading →

A renowned security researcher who claims he discovered a flaw in iOS was kicked out of Apple’s iOS Developers program. “OMG, Apple just kicked me out of the iOS Developer program. That’s so rude!” tweeted Charlie Miller, a principal research … Continue reading →