Apple might be aiming to build a hacker-proof iPhone, but it takes time until this ambitious goal is achieved, so for the time being, its devices keep falling victims to security researchers across the world.
The last it happened was at the Mobile Pwn2Own 2017 competition where hackers or groups of hackers are trying to break into mobile devices, including Apple’s very own iPhone.
On the first day of the event, the iPhone 7 was the target of the Tencent Keen Security Lab team, who managed to break into a device running iOS 11.1 using four different vulnerabilities. Code execution was enabled after exploiting a Wi-Fi bug, with the team also hacking Safari browser on the device. Overall, they earned $110,000 for the first hack and $45,000 for the second.
The iPhone 7 was also hacked by Richard Zhu, also known as fl… (read more)
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