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Vulnerability analysis of iPhone 6

  • Wencheng Yang
  • , Jiankun Hu
  • , Clinton Fernandes
  • , Vijay Sivaraman
  • , Qianhong Wu
  • University of New South Wales

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Abstract

Apple claims that iPhone 6, which is equipped with iOS 8.0 and later version, is secure enough to prevent a user's private data from law enforcement or malicious intruders. In pre-iOS 8.0 operating systems, a user's data were only encrypted by hardware-based keys, which can be obtained by Apple. But in iOS 8.0 and later version, the private data on the iPhone are protected by a secret key that is protected by the user's passcode, which the Apple does not hold. In this paper, supported by real-life experiments, we demonstrate that several vulnerabilities of iPhone 6 with iOS 8, which are brought by ordinary user operations, can lead to the leakage of the private data. Then we conduct vulnerability analysis and give the reasons that cause these vulnerabilities from a technical perspective. Meanwhile, experiments of forging attack aiming at iPhone 6 Touch ID are conducted.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 14th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust, PST 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages457-463
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781509043798
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event14th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust, PST 2016 - Auckland, New Zealand
Duration: 12 Dec 201614 Dec 2016

Publication series

Name2016 14th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust, PST 2016

Conference

Conference14th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust, PST 2016
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Period12/12/1614/12/16

Keywords

  • Forging attack
  • iOS 8
  • iphone 6
  • law enforcement
  • vulnerability

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