White-hat hacker able to hijack iPhone camera; Apple has now fixed

guest · Apr 3, 2020

White-hat hacker able to hijack iPhone camera; Apple has now fixed
April 3, 2020
https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/03/hijack-iphone-camera/

A white-hat hacker was able to hijack iPhone cameras using a chain of three vulnerabilities he discovered. The same approach would also work with the cameras on Macs.

Forbes reports that the exception was Apple’s own apps – including Safari.

He opted to delve into Apple Safari for iOS and macOS, to “hammer the browser with obscure corner cases” until weird behavior was uncovered. Pickren focused on the camera security model, which he readily admits was “pretty intense.”
The hacker reported the bugs to Apple, and received a $75,000 bug bounty payment as thanks.
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A fellow security researcher said that it’s surprising hackers haven’t focused more on mobile devices for this type of attack. The ability to hijack iPhone cameras would be especially valuable, he suggested

[...] “few have been paying attention to their webcams as well as microphones on their mobiles.” Which, when you stop to think about it, is bizarre as it’s a far more likely route an attacker will take to eavesdrop on victims.
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