Hi G33Ks,
It seems an UnJailbroken iPhone is secure as HackingTeam did not have any
tools for it - a statement by Bruce in his recent cryptogram newsletter.
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@CRYPTO-GRAM Newsletter 15th July 2015.
Someone hacked the cyberweapons arms manufacturer Hacking Team and posted
400 GB of internal company data.
Hacking Team is a pretty sleazy company, selling surveillance software to
all sorts of authoritarian governments around the world. Reporters Without
Borders calls it one of the enemies of the Internet. Citizen Lab has
published many reports about their activities.
It's a huge trove of data, including a spreadsheet listing every government
client, when they first bought the surveillance software, and how much
money they have paid the company to date. Not surprising, the company has
been lying about who its customers are.
The Hacking Team CEO, David Vincenzetti, doesn't like me:
In another [e-mail], the Hacking Team CEO on 15 May claimed
renowned cryptographer Bruce Schneier was "exploiting the Big
Brother is Watching You FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt)
phenomenon in order to sell his books, write quite
self-promoting essays, give interviews, do consulting etc. and
earn his hefty money."
Meanwhile, Hacking Team has told all of its customers to shut down all uses
of its software. They are in "full on emergency mode," which is perfectly
understandable. This is a big deal. It's one thing to have dissatisfied
customers. It's another to have dissatisfied customers with death squads. I
don't think the company is going to survive this.
EDITED TO ADD: Hacking Team had no exploits for an un-jailbroken iPhone.
Seems like the platform of choice if you want to stay secure.
Reference:
https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/2015/0715.html
Cheers,
Naik
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