How Safe are Apple Products?

[myas110]

e akala ko ba favorite ng hackers ang MS...Apple? talaga? may security risk din?

as for iPod, what is the average lifespan nya? see my previous thread.

[Aerosynth]

e akala ko ba favorite ng hackers ang MS...Apple? talaga? may security risk din?

as for iPod, what is the average lifespan nya? see my previous thread.

How secure is Mac OS?

http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/...d.php?t=400959

[Aerosynth]

iPhone Security



Unlock Your iPhone in 20 seconds
3 November 200

The software, which is available for both Mac and Windows users,
requires very little knowledge of how these things work and will no
doubt force Apple to release a new update to shut the loop hole.
For those who used the DevTeam’s PwnageTool to jailbreak, Hotz
says the blacksn0w app will soon be available on Cydia, the
unofficial app store.

[Aerosynth]

INSTALLING SOFTWARE WITHOUT USER PERMISSION


Five classic Apple marketing tactics that lock you in

Apple has a history of taking advantage of its iTunes-iPod/iPhone
headlock to promote its other products and services. For example, in
March 2008 many Windows users were surprised to find Apple's Safari
browser installed on their systems--a little gift left by the latest
iTunes update.

In July 2008 Apple's iTunes update began quietly installing the
company's MobileMe online data-sync service without any
notification to the user.

[einhander]

iRick Rolled

[Aerosynth]

iPhone Security



iPhone security problems bring new risks
November 11, 2009

Network World - In just four days, not one but two worms
targeting the iPhone have emerged. Both of the worms target the
same vulnerability, a default password in the SSH server that is
installed on jail-broken iPhones. While one worm is a mostly a
nuisance, the second siphons personal information from the iPhone,
which makes it a serious identity theft threat.

10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble
http://www.networkworld.com/slidesho...hone-apps.html

[Aerosynth]

Reports are flooding in from a variety of virus research organisations
that a new virus, called iPhone/Privacy.A is definitely stealing
user data. Peter James, of Intego, writing on his blog observes
that, "When connecting to a jailbroken iPhone, this tool allows a
hacker to silently copy a treasure trove of user data from a
compromised iPhone: e-mail, contacts, SMSs, calendars, photos,
music files, videos, as well as any data recorded by any iPhone app.
Unlike the ikee worm, which signals its presence by changing the
iPhone's wallpaper, this hacker tool gives no indication that it has
invaded an iPhone.

Thursday, 12 November 2009 | source

[Aerosynth]

"The iPhone as a platform isn't actually very secure. Apple doesn't
care about security - just look at what they did before 3GS," he said,
referring to encryption on the popular smartphone. "They didn't care
about lying to you because they're a consumer company. Only
enterprises worry about security.

18 November, 2009 | source

[BeerhandBop]

i heard about that irick roll sa conan the other night, pero forgot to check about it online. lol.

[Aerosynth]

super mahal then 4th lang?


Apple laptops 4TH in reliability: study
November 18, 2009

Mac fans are often quick to claim superior performance from their
Apple laptops, but a study from a warranty supplier in the US has
ranked the reliability of their hardware fourth behind Asus, Toshiba
and Sony.

The reliability study, conducted by SquareTrade, was based on
30,000 individual laptop units covered by its in-house warranty
plans.

Nine brands, represented by a minimum of 1000 units each, were
ranked in the report, which revealed that laptops from Toshiba and
Sony were nearly 40 per cent more reliable than those from HP,
which came last.

“In terms of brands, Asus and Toshiba stood out as the most
reliable manufacturers; while Acer, Gateway and HP had failure
rates significantly higher than the average,” the report said.



SquareTrade Research

[The Kryptonian]

yeah, that Rick Astley worm on the iphone is hilarious. Ang galing ng nakaisip niyan.

[Aerosynth]

Mac just works? morons believe.

According to Electricpig.co.uk, many dongles of the broadband
devices being flogged in Blighty are not compatible with Snow
Leopard. It warns that punters have to be extremely careful and do
shedloads of research before buying anything that plugs into their
shiny expensive machines.

While some broadband dongles are advertised as working on a Mac,
Snow Leopard doesn't recognize them because it does not have as
many drivers as prior releases yet, the article warns.

source

[sempiternal]

iRick Rolled

what will happen to your iphone once you get this?

[sempiternal]

super mahal then 4th lang?


Apple laptops 4TH in reliability: study
November 18, 2009

Mac fans are often quick to claim superior performance from their
Apple laptops, but a study from a warranty supplier in the US has
ranked the reliability of their hardware fourth behind Asus, Toshiba
and Sony.

The reliability study, conducted by SquareTrade, was based on
30,000 individual laptop units covered by its in-house warranty
plans.

Nine brands, represented by a minimum of 1000 units each, were
ranked in the report, which revealed that laptops from Toshiba and
Sony were nearly 40 per cent more reliable than those from HP,
which came last.

“In terms of brands, Asus and Toshiba stood out as the most
reliable manufacturers; while Acer, Gateway and HP had failure
rates significantly higher than the average,” the report said.



SquareTrade Research

this is scary. may HP laptop pa naman kami. better prepare ourselves.

[Aerosynth]

bank passwords


Latest jailbroken iPhone worm tries filching bank passwords
November 23, 2009 11:17 AM

Users who have jailbroken their iPhones just can't catch a break—
another malicious worm is making its way around the Internet and
tries to steal bank passwords for users in the Netherlands, Portugal,
Hungary, and Australia. Users with locked-down iPhones are still
safe.

[Aerosynth]

Apple serious about security?


FreeBSD Shines While Apple Fails
December 1, 2009

Apple is making a lot of money these days. The more money it
makes, the greater the contempt for its customers it seems to
display. A critical bug recently discovered in FreeBSD, and the speed
with which this bug was resolved, illustrates this rather well. If you
use Apple's products in your business, be afraid; be very afraid.

Here's how the sorry story unfolds. FreeBSD 8.0 was released last
week, and the latest version of the UNIX-like OS was generally
received with approval. FreeBSD enjoys a good reputation with its
followers, and many OSes and products contain code based on or
borrowed from the OS, including Juniper routers, and — ironically, as
we shall see — Mac OS X.

Now Apple is infamous for being tardy in patching its software,
leaving its users vulnerable long after other OS makers have fixed the
same problems to protect theirs. This contempt for users is
breathtaking, and recently things have got surreally worse: Apple
now seems intent on treating developers for its platforms as shoddily
as it treats its customers. One such developer is Rogue Amoeba,
which makes audio software for OS X and the iPhone OS.

Did Apple make it available? Did Apple ensure its customers had the
latest, bug-fixed software straight away? In a couple of days? In a
week? A month perhaps? No. It carried on making money, to be sure,
by selling the old, buggy version of the software to its iPhone and
iPod Touch customers, while it messed around with its approval
process that it says is designed — get this — to protect its
customers.

The moral of the story? When you dance with the devil, you wait for
the song to stop. Apple's customers are learning the hard way that
when you dance with Apple, you'll often be kept waiting a long, long
time

[lansangel]

this is scary. may HP laptop pa naman kami. better prepare ourselves.

At acer pa naman yung nabili kong laptop! o hindi!

[sempiternal]

At acer pa naman yung nabili kong laptop! o hindi!

waaah!

[Aerosynth]

iPhone developer: Security hole could affect all iPhones, not just jailbroken ones
December 4, 2009

The popular Apple iPhone smartphone may be at risk from a security
vulnerability that affects even those models that haven't been
hacked, or "jailbroken," according to new findings from a Swiss
software engineer.

Nicolas Seriot, an iPhone developer, presented his findings during a
conference in Geneva on iPhone privacy. According to his research,
malware could exploit a previously unknown hole to access a user's
e-mail accounts, Safari, and YouTube searches, keyboard cache
content, and the Wi-Fi connection logs.

Evidently, however, even iPhones fresh off the shelf could be
vulnerable, according to Seriot, who showed how a malicious
application could gather personal data from an iPhone without using
private APIs.

In his presentation, (located here in PDF format) Seriot indicates
that he believes portions of the iPhone subsystems that are simply
not secured. Instead, functions including phone information and the
file system can be accessed by making the right calls to variables.

Based on his conclusions, a malicious app is free to move around all
it wants once inside the system -- reading a user's address book,
stealing their phone number, viewing their browser history, and
culling other private data from the device.

Apple did not respond to requests for comment.

[Aerosynth]

Worm Prompts Jailbroken iPhones To Grab Your Banking Data

The phrase “putting a genie into the bottle” comes to mind as
reports surfaced Monday of a malicious offspring of a prank aimed at
owners of unsecure jailbroken iPhones. Dubbed the “Duh” worm, the
latest security threat targets the financial data of customers using
online bank ING Direct.

The worm redirects ING Direct users to a phishing site. Those phones
also come under the control of a botnet in Lithuania, reports said.
The attack searches for iPhones that use the default secure shell
(SSH) root password of “alpine.” The jailbreaking process often
requires a person to install SSH, but many fail to change the default
– opening the door wide for malicious hacks.

The worm currently focuses on jailbroken iPhones in the Netherlands,
but the threat also touches on Portugal, Australia, Austria and
Hungary, according to reports. The “Duh” iPhone worm infects
jailbroken iPhones that use the same Wi-Fi hotspot, security
researchers said.

Earlier this month, the 21-year-old Australian hacker who released
the initial innocuous iPhone worm came forward, describing it as “an
experiment that got out of hand.” Ashley Towns said he created the
worm after reading a blog urging iPhone owners to change
passwords. He worm changes the wallpaper of unsecure jailbroken
iPhones to that of ’80s rocker Rick Astley. Towns said he didn’t “think
about legal consequences at the time. I honestly never expected it
to go this far.” Towns reported receiving death threats and job
offers as a result of his worm. Unlike Towns’ worm, which the hacker
thought might infect 10 or 15 people, the latest version could touch
the lives of thousands who own jailbroken iPhones, security
researchers said.

Security researcher urge owners of jailbroken phones to change their
SSH password if they are still using the default code.

Days after Towns released his “rickrolling” iPhone worm, another
hacker introduced another iPhone using the same SSH door but with
more malicious intent. The new malware, dubbed iPhone/Privacy.A by
Mac security firm Intego steals your contacts, e-mail and other files.