ClearSky Cyberdefense Forum

Apple is working to remedy a security hole in its iOS mobile operating system that leaves iPhones and iPads vulnerable to cyber attack.
(This is a result from “Jailbreakme.com” release)

The German Federal Office for Information Security warned Wednesday that the flaw–most vulnerable when consumers are viewing PDF files–gives cyber criminals an opening to infect iOS devices with malicious software granting them administrative rights to the device. From there, attackers can access security passwords, stored text messages and emails, online banking data and related personal information. The agency added that the security flaw is present across multiple iterations of the iOS platform.

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“If we don’t act boldly, something really bad is going to happen,” said retired Air Force General Michael Hayden, a former director of central intelligence and ex-head of the Pentagon’s National Security Agency. “Then we’ll over-react.”

General Hayden spoke from a forum on cyber deterrence hosted by the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in Washington. Hayden didn’t give any specifics regarding how the U.S. might “over-react” to a cyber attack. Michael Tiffany, Chief Architect at Recursion Ventures, also spoke. He described how he demonstrated before a group of U.S. intelligence experts how hackers can bring 90 percent of a major U.S. city’s vital systems down without anyone noticing.

Link to the videocast of the forum on youtube