http://news.techworld.com/security/3536309/the-biggest-iphone-security-risk-could-be-connecting-one-to-a-computer/
By Jeremy Kirk
Techworld.com
14 August 2014
Apple has done well to insulate its iOS mobile operating system from many
security issues, but a forthcoming demonstration shows it's far from
perfect.
Next Wednesday at the Usenix Security Symposium in San Diego, researchers
with the Georgia Institute of Technology will show how iOS's Achilles'
heel is exposed when devices are connected over USB to a computer or have
Wi-Fi synching enabled.
The beauty of their attack is that it doesn't rely on iOS software
vulnerabilities, the customary way that hackers commandeer computers. It
simply takes advantage of design issues in iOS, working around Apple's
layered protections to accomplish a sinister goal.
"We believe that Apple kind of overtrusted the USB connection," said
Tielei Wang, a co-author of the study and research scientist at the
institute.
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