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Easy way to bypass passcode lock screens on iPhones, iPads running iOS 12

Credit to Author: Darlene Storm, Michelle Davidson| Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:16:00 -0700

Update for iOS 12

With iOS 12 and iPhones that have Touch ID, you can still bypass the iPhone lock screen and trick Siri into getting into a person’s phone. The bypass is the same as it was in earlier versions of the operating system:

  • Press the home button using a finger not associated with your fingerprint authentication, prompting Siri to wake up.
  • Say to Siri: Cellular data.

Siri then opens the cellular data settings where you can turn off cellular data.

As was the case before, anyone can do this. It doesn’t have to be the person who “trained” Siri.

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TSMC's iPhone chip attack is a wake-up call for enterprise security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2018 05:21:00 -0700

Apple chipmaker TSMC suffered a serious WannaCry-related ransomware infection that closed down production at some of its factories. The incident should be a wake-up call for manufacturers across every industry.

Manufacturing is under attack

TSMC has said the incident was not the result of a direct attack. Instead it says its systems were exposed to the malware “when a supplier installed tainted software without a virus scan.”

The malware spread fast and impacted some of the company’s most advanced facilities used to build Apple’s A-series chips.

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TSMC's iPhone chip attack is a wake up call for enterprise security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2018 05:21:00 -0700

Apple chipmaker TSMC suffered a serious WannaCry-related ransomware infection that closed down production at some of its factories. The incident should be a wake-up call for manufacturers across every industry.

Manufacturing is under attack

TSMC has said the incident was not the result of a direct attack. Instead it says its systems were exposed to the malware. “When a supplier installed tainted software without a virus scan,” it said.

The malware spread fast and impacted some of the company’s most advanced facilities used to build Apple’s A-series chips.

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