> leveraged zero-days for iOS for years
Isn't that a problem with the iOS walled garden, not even security researchers can properly investigate users devices and detect infections like this, like they can with desktop operating systems...?
Isn't that a problem with the iOS walled garden, not even security researchers can properly investigate users devices and detect infections like this, like they can with desktop operating systems...?
I suppose it depends on how "special" they are—do they run standard iOS with normal Safari and actual apps?
See: CVE-2019-1162
See: CVE-2017-6074
NB I heard some infosec research companies actually get rooted phones from Apple with some big caveats.
It’s on us - the end user.
no, please don‘t tell me about android. that‘s a fucked up mine field altogether.
we need to remember that there is no and will never be 100% security. while not open — which is worth nothing to the average user — we get pretty close with ios given all we know.