Apple solves the latest generation of iPhone security flaw

Users discovered a new security flaw in the iPhone, which was solved by Apple late Tuesday, without it being necessary to apply a software update. As reported in The Washington Post, the vulnerability affected users of the latest generation of the phone, specifically the 6s and 6s Plus models (requiring the use of 3D Touch function).

 

On these computers, by asking Siri to do a search on Twitter, it could require to look for tweets that include an e-mail address. Then, using 3D Touch, could touch that e-mail address and open the Contacts menu, to créate a new contact or modify an existing one.

This allowed Access to the address book of contacts and, when you try to add or modify the picture of one of them, entering the images stored on the iPhone.

All this without the need to enter the key or fingerprint required for unlock the phone. Apple made a modification on their servers to eliminate this functionality of Sirion these phones, so now try to do a search on Twitter, the digital assistant indicatesthat you must first unlock the device.

Source: El Nacional