Black Hat

Hacker @08Tc3wBB to discuss iOS 13.7 exploit at Black Hat Europe 2020

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 8, 2020

There’s a lot going on in the jailbreak community as of right now. Not only is the checkra1n team actively attempting to jailbreak iOS & iPadOS 14 on many more devices, but hacker and security researcher @08Tc3wBB may also soon share details about an exploit viable for jailbreaking iOS & iPadOS 13.7 (the last versions of Apple’s previous-generation mobile operating systems).

If you find yourself more interested in the latter tidbit, which is likely the case if you stayed on the lowest possible firmware after iOS & iPadOS 14 got released, then you might be ecstatic to learn that @08Tc3wBB will present his latest research with security group ZecOps at the Black Hat Europe 2020 event.

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Watch Apple’s ‘Behind the Scenes of iOS Security’ Black Hat presentation

Cody Lee ∙ August 16, 2016

You can now watch Apple's 'Behind the Scenes of iOS Security' presentation from this year's Black Hat Conference in its entirety. A video of the talk, featuring the company's head of security engineering Ivan Krstic, has been posted to the official Black Hat YouTube page.

Apple's presence at the conference was a nice change of pace, as the firm typically skips the event. Krstic covered a wide range of topics, including the technologies his team uses in services like HomeKit and iCloud Keychain that handle exceptionally sensitive user data.

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planetbeing wins Pwnie award for ‘privilege escalation’ used in evasi0n jailbreak

Cody Lee ∙ August 1, 2013

If you've followed the jailbreak scene for any extended amount of time, you know that it takes a person with high-level skills to exploit iOS. There's only a handful of people in the world that can do it, and let's just say they're very, very talented.

So it shouldn't come as a surprise that planetbeing—one of the 4 members of the evad3rs—was recognized at this year's Black Hat hacking convention. He took home the Pwnie for privilege escalation, which was used in the evasi0n jailbreak...

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Proof-of-concept charger can install malware on iDevices in less than 60 seconds

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 3, 2013

Unlike the malware-infested Android, Apple's mobile platform is mostly malware-free. Little wonder that Apple prides itself with reviewing apps "to guard against malware" while asserting that other mobile platforms pose a "security risk".

But what if malicious users could hack your iPhone via a specially built charger - and in less than a minute? That's exactly what three researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology claim is possible as they prep to show off a proof-of-concept charger which can be used to invisibly install malware on non-jailbroken iOS devices...

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