Researchers Provides Video Proof That iMessages Can Be Intercepted
If Apple thought that by responding to this iMessages controversy would put an end to this, they were wrong. ZDNet has now posted a story complete with a video showing a proof of concept hack of iMessages. Here’s the video below:
There’s more:
The hackers told ZDNet that every Apple product compatible with iMessages is affected.
“Basically, nearly all current Apple products: iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, MacBook Pro Retina, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad. We will release a tweak for jailbroken iOS devices and an application for OS X just after the presentation.”
But there’s also this:
Pod2G and GG said that hacking iMessage to impersonate users, intercept messages and read private message contents was indeed possible.
But they repeatedly emphasized this was only possible if the third party is a skilled attacker, and cited Apple and the NSA as examples of capable skill level.
Lovely. These same researchers have a fix, but it only works on jailbroken iPhones. So the average iDevice user can’t use this. But perhaps this will get Apple’s attention to not only fix this, but to come up with a much better explanation for this whole controversy that will make users feel better.
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Researchers Provides Video Proof That iMessages Can Be Intercepted
If Apple thought that by responding to this iMessages controversy would put an end to this, they were wrong. ZDNet has now posted a story complete with a video showing a proof of concept hack of iMessages. Here’s the video below:
There’s more:
The hackers told ZDNet that every Apple product compatible with iMessages is affected.
“Basically, nearly all current Apple products: iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, MacBook Pro Retina, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad. We will release a tweak for jailbroken iOS devices and an application for OS X just after the presentation.”
But there’s also this:
Pod2G and GG said that hacking iMessage to impersonate users, intercept messages and read private message contents was indeed possible.
But they repeatedly emphasized this was only possible if the third party is a skilled attacker, and cited Apple and the NSA as examples of capable skill level.
Lovely. These same researchers have a fix, but it only works on jailbroken iPhones. So the average iDevice user can’t use this. But perhaps this will get Apple’s attention to not only fix this, but to come up with a much better explanation for this whole controversy that will make users feel better.
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This entry was posted on October 18, 2013 at 3:46 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags Apple, Security. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.