Apple's iPhone is Dear Utol (2025): Week 7 Highlights 40advertised as a highly secure device, which is why it's a bit funny when someone easily beats its security shortly after a major new version of iOS is released.
A YouTube video posted last week alleges that it's possible to bypass the lock screen of an iPhone running iOS 12 without knowing the password, and access both contacts and photos.
SEE ALSO: Annoying iOS web attack will forcibly restart your iPhone, but not much elseThe process, discovered by security researcher Jose Rodriguez, is a bit convoluted and requires invoking Siri to enable Voiceover, then sending a text message from another phone to the iPhone. Then, a double-tap at the right moment grants you access to features and commands you shouldn't be able to access, invisible behind a white screen but still accessible by swiping across the screen. One of these then enables you to access the phone's contacts, while a more complicated hack (but also doable without any special equipment or expert knowledge) lets you access photos on the phone.
The original video, in Spanish, shows the trick working on what looks like the iPhone 8, but the same technique was recreated on an iPhone XS Max in another (English) video by EverythingApplePro, below. Apparently, the bug is present in iOS 12 (and the iOS 12.1 beta) and works on all Apple devices that can run it.
An attacker would definitely need physical access to the phone and some time with it to perform this hack, so it's not something that could happen while the iPhone is in your pocket. Furthermore, the trick does not give you complete control of the locked phone. But being able to gain unauthorized access to contacts and photos is a serious security issue on its own.
Naked Security points out that it's possible to protect your iPhone from this hack by disabling Siri's lock screen access; the option to do that can be found in Settings > Face ID & Passcode.
Rodriguez has been doing this sort of thing for a while now. I wrote about a similar hack he's done in iOS 9 back in 2016, but judging by his YouTube channel he's been cracking the iOS lock screen since iOS 5.1.
We've asked Apple about this issue and will update the article when we hear from them.
Topics Cybersecurity iPhone
4GHz CPU Battle: AMD 2nd
Opera browser to bring built
Jeff Bezos' use of 'complexifier' has people scratching their heads
'Apex Legends' hits an impressive 10 million players
The Story Behind the Home of Forgotten Video Games
Billy Bush suspended from NBC after release of Donald Trump audio
Here's the dating app for you, based on your zodiac sign
Instagram will start cluttering your feed with IGTV videos
A Typical Wall Street Republican
Texas zoo has a clever Valentine's Day offer for vengeful exes
Virtual Reality: The True Cost of Admission (and Why It Doesn't Matter)
Apple comes down hard on apps that record screen activity
Ken Bone was the light in the dark second presidential debate tunnel
This is the joke everyone needs after that draining presidential debate
Keeping Hope Alive
People are turning the debate into a glorious sing
Former Republican party chair just summed up the debate in one GIF
This Donald Trump animal comparison will make you feel a bit sick
Shop the Shark FlexStyle for 20% off at Amazon
MGM launches Epix Now, a new streaming service filled with originals
7 smoky beers to challenge your taste budsA rat holding a bunch of keys and other predictions I have for President Trump's cabinetThe 4 ways to see 'Billy Lynn's,' and where to catch all 120 frames per secondTeen contestant makes Alex Trebeck ask the internet's favorite questionHow accurate is Netflix's 'The Crown'?Trump says he'll deport 2Oh, cool. Facebook is saying we're all deadTrump says he'll deport 2Michelle Obama pulls off best Mannequin Challenge yetHey 2016, here are all the times you sucked in one imageNext Spectacles vending machine location will be revealed SundayUFC fighter back to his aggro self after tender moment with fanNintendo's NES Classic being sold for $1,000+ on eBay and people are pissedPeople are not OK with Oprah's comments about Donald TrumpMark Zuckerberg still won't admit that fake news on Facebook influenced the electionTrump subreddit is ready to wage 'meme war' in EuropeiPhone 8 rumored to have larger, curved screens that extend to the edgesJoe Biden plotting against Trump is the meme America needsFacebook says it's not a media company, but it just bought a tool for publishersTrump says he'll deport 2 The Enigma of Prince: An Interview with Dan Piepenbring by Cornelia Channing Redux: More Interesting as a Scorpio by The Paris Review Redux: Cold Night of October by The Paris Review Redux: Gold Memoirs of a Queer Revolutionary by Lou Sullivan Blue Alabama by Imani Perry Redux: A Cold, Wet November Morning by The Paris Review The Nobel Prize Was Made for Olga Tokarczuk by Jennifer Croft The Reckoning: An Interview with Reginald Dwayne Betts by Rachel Eliza Griffiths The Interior Decorators of Bloomsbury by Emma Garman John Ashbery’s Reading Voice by Marit MacArthur One Thousand and One Nights by Samantha Hunt The Many Reincarnations of Kim Deitch by Bill Kartalopoulos Redux: Courting Sleep by The Paris Review From the Notebooks of John Cage by The Paris Review The Clarity of Violence by Rosie Price All Our Leavings by Jill Talbot The Charming, Ridiculous Romance Comics of Ogden Whitney by Liana Finck The Perseverance of Eve Babitz’s Vision by Molly Lambert The Obsessive Fictions of László Krasznahorkai by Dustin Illingworth
2.5743s , 8200.8515625 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Dear Utol (2025): Week 7 Highlights 40】,Wisdom Convergence Information Network