{"id":669483,"date":"2019-08-01T12:03:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T12:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>A team of bug-hunters at Google have shared details of five flaws in Apple\u2019s iMessage software that could make its devices vulnerable to attack.<\/p>\n<p>In one case, the researchers said the vulnerability was so severe that the only way to res"},"modified":"2019-08-01T12:03:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T12:03:54","slug":"google-reveals-flaws-in-apples-imessage-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/01\/google-reveals-flaws-in-apples-imessage-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Google reveals flaws in Apple&#8217;s iMessage app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A team of bug-hunters at Google have shared details of five flaws in Apple\u2019s iMessage software that could make its devices vulnerable to attack.<\/p>\n<p>In one case, the researchers said the vulnerability was so severe that the only way to rescue a targeted iPhone\u00a0would be to delete all the data off it.<\/p>\n<p>Another example, they said, could be used to copy files off a device without requiring the owner\u00a0to do anything to aid the hack.<\/p>\n<p>Apple released fixes last week.<\/p>\n<p>But the researchers said they had also flagged a sixth problem to Apple, which had not been rectified in the update to its mobile operating system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s quite unusual,\u201d commented Prof Alan Woodward, a cyber-security expert at the University of Surrey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reputation of the Google Zero team is such that it is worth taking notice of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Project Zero team was established in July 2014 to\u00a0uncover previously undocumented cyber-vulnerabilities. It has previously alerted Microsoft, Facebook and Samsung, among others, to problems with their code.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s\u00a0own notes about iOS 12.4 indicate that the unfixed flaw\u00a0could give hackers a means to crash an app or execute commands of their own on recent iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches if they were able to discover it.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has not commented on this specific issue, but has urged users to install the new version of iOS, which addresses Google\u2019s other discoveries as well as a further range of glitches and threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping your software up to date is one of the most important things you can do to maintain your Apple product\u2019s security,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>News site ZDnet \u2013\u00a0which was first to report the matter\u00a0\u2013 noted that the level of detail shared by Google about the other bugs could be enough to let bad actors craft exploits to take advantage of them. Users should download iOS 12.4 \u201cwith no further delay,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>One of the two Google researchers involved \u2013 Natalie Silvanovich \u2013 intends to share more details of her findings at\u00a0a presentation at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas next month.<\/p>\n<p>The synopsis of her talk also promises it will cover potential vulnerabilities in Apple\u2019s Visual Voicemail service \u2013 which allows users to select specific recordings \u2013 and its Mail app.<\/p>\n<p>One of Apple\u2019s own security chiefs will also be attending the conference to give a separate presentation, which promises to go \u201cbehind the scenes of iOS and Mac security\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of bug-hunters at Google have shared details of five flaws in Apple\u2019s iMessage software that could make its devices vulnerable to attack. 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