All devices manufactured by Apple – iPhones, iPads, perhaps as computers and laptops – are exposed to very dangerous kind of attacks.
The vulnerability of the Cupertino company announced on its blog, but do not accurately describe what kind of danger potential users.
“An attacker with a privileged network position may capture or modify data in sessions protected by SSL / TLS.”
Service Niebezpiecznik.pl explains that it is a certified:
Simply put, this is a classic attack Man in the middle. If the attacker is on the path between your device with apples and target server, it will be able to silently decrypt HTTPS connection, which will allow him to see the example of the transmitted passwords.
cybercriminal must be on the same network as the victim. At risk are therefore particularly vulnerable in places of public access to the network or at work. The hacker will try to impersonate caused the website. Most likely the bank.
The only good news: the gap was detected at a very early stage, before it was able to confirm its any use. Users can now upload IOSA appropriate system update (7.0.6). According to some analysts, are threatened by the owners of Apple computers, for which the “cure” does not yet exist.
Yesterday we wrote about a new way to gain control over the device with Android. In this case, the problem turned out to be too outdated software.
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