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Earn $1.5 million by remotely jailbreaking iOS 10

Earn $  1.5 million by remotely jailbreaking iOS 10

If you had a zero-day vulnerability for remotely hacking an iPhone who would you tell? The people who will give you $ 1.5 million dollars or the company that can protect every iOS user in the world?

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Apple Patents Technology to remotely disable your iPhone Camera at Concerts

Here’s something you’ll not like at all: Apple has been awarded a patent for technology that would prevent you from snapping pictures and shooting videos with your iPhone or iPad at places or events, like concerts or museums, where it might be prohibited …
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‘Google able to remotely reset Android security measures’ – myce.com


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'Google able to remotely reset Android security measures'
myce.com
Google is able to remotely reset Android devices if asked so by a court order. This way investigators can gain access to data on the device. The information comes from a document (PDF) prepared by the New York District Attorney's Office.
Google can remotely bypass the passcode of 74% of all Android devices, claims Daily Mail
Google can unlock 74% of Android devices without user permission, but would it ExtremeTech
Yes, Google can remotely reset Android passcodes, but there's a catchZDNet
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Researcher reveals remotely exploitable flaw in world’s most widely-used real-time OS

A security researcher discovered a serious yet simple flaw in VxWorks, a real-time operating system for the Internet of Things, which an attacker could remotely exploit without needing any interaction with a user. The OS is used in everyday things like network routers to critical infrastructure as well in NASA’s Curiosity Rover on Mars and Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

Searching for VxWorks via Shodan reveals about 100,000 internet-connected devices running the OS, but VxWorks supposedly powers “billions of intelligent devices.” The researcher warned that the vulnerability “allows remote code execution on most VxWorks-based devices.”

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