Summary: Thieves enable "recovery key" on stolen iPhones, locking victims out of their Apple accounts. Victims in at least nine US cities report similar incidents, struggling to regain access to data. Apple is investigating additional protections but faces criticism for lack of alternative recovery methods. Thieves are using a lesser-known iPhone security setting to lock...
According to a Reddit thread and his Twitter feed, well-known security researcher and vulnerability sleuth Brandon Azad (previously of Google's Project Zero), will soon be joining the Apple Security team. https://twitter.com/_bazad/status/1312116414816239617 Project Zero is a band of security researchers at Google working to find, study, and disclose security vulnerabilities in both the hardware and the software used by the public...
Apple is closing a backdoor that allowed law enforcement officials to gain access to their device through USB-based hardware solutions, like the GrayKey box.