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9 Years Jail for iCloud Phishing Scam Hacker Who Stole Nude Photos
The hacker was arrested in 2021 for breaching Apple iCloud accounts and stealing more than 620,000 private images…
MetaMask Asks Apple Users to Disable iCloud Backup for Wallet After User Lost $650,000
MetaMask has warned Apple users to disable automatic iCloud backup of their wallet data. The warning results from…
Apple AirTags can be used as trojan for credential hacking
According to penetration tester and security researcher Bobby Raunch, Apple's AirTags can be used for credential hacking and data theft vectors.
iCloud phishing scam – Man stole private photos of 620,000 women
LA County resident booked in iCloud phishing scam pretended to be an Apple agent and stole 620,000 photos, 9,000 videos of 306 young women.
![Child sexual abuse is a burning issue right now. It's a sad reality that people are forcing innocent kids to participate in torturous sexual acts to make money. Thankfully, the tech community is working towards eliminating this social evil. [wp_ad_camp_4] Reportedly, Apple will be launching a new machine learning-based system to be released later this year as part of the upcoming versions of iOS and iPadOS to ensure enhanced child safety. The system will scan iPhones across the USA to detect the presence of child sexual abuse images. Moreover, the messages app in iPhones will issue a warning whenever a child part of iCloud Family receives or tries to send sexually explicit images. About the New CSAM System Apple has developed a system dubbed neuralMatch to located child sexual abuse material/CSAM, and it will scan US customers' devices. The system will be launched soon amidst reservations from the cybersecurity fraternity as they claim authoritative governments could misuse the system to perform surveillance on their citizens. However, Apple claims that the system is a new "application of cryptography" to limit the distribution of CSAM online without impacting user privacy. How NeuralMatch Works? The new system will find matches for already known/available CSAM before storing an image in iCloud Photos. If a match is found, a human reviewer will conduct a thorough assessment and notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about that user, and the account will be disabled. "This innovative new technology allows Apple to provide valuable and actionable information to NCMEC and law enforcement regarding the proliferation of known CSAM," Apple noted. [wp_ad_camp_4] "Before an image is stored in iCloud Photos, an on-device matching process is performed for that image against the known CSAM hashes," and the system has "extremely high level of accuracy and ensures less than a one in one trillion chance per year of incorrectly flagging a given account," the company wrote. Could It be Exploited? Critics of this system have raised concerns that this technology might be expanded for scanning phones for banned/prohibited content or political views/speech. In addition to this, Apple is planning to scan users' encrypted messages to locate sexually explicit content as a separate child safety measure. It is worth noting that the detection system will flag images of child pornography already present in the center's database. So, parents need not worry about it. According to John Hopkins University's top cryptography researcher, Matthew Green, this system can be used to target and trap innocent people by sending them objectionable images to trigger a match with child porn images. Apple's algorithm could be fooled easily, and anyone could be framed because such systems are easily tricked. "Researchers have been able to do this pretty easily. What happens when the Chinese government says, 'Here is a list of files that we want you to scan for… Does Apple say no? I hope they say no, but their technology won't say no," Green stated. [wp_ad_camp_4] Did you enjoy reading this article? Like our page on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.](https://www.hackread.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/apple-scan-us-iphones-for-child-sexual-abuse-content.jpg)
Apple’s neuralMatch tool will scan iPhones for child abuse content
Apple has developed a system dubbed neuralMatch to located child sexual abuse material/CSAM, and for now, it will scan US customers' devices.
55 Apple vulnerabilities risked iCloud account takeover, data theft
These critical vulnerabilities were reported to Apple by a team of young cyber security researchers.
Teacher linked to Celebgate hacking scandal facing 7 years in prison
Former Lee Davis High School, Virginia teacher Christopher Brannan set to plead guilty to the federal charges of…
Hacker who leaked naked photos of Jennifer Lawrence jailed for 8 months
A Connecticut, USA based hacker who hacked more than 200 iCloud accounts and leaked private photos of top Hollywood…
Woman charged for hacking & leaking private pictures of Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez, a well-known celebrity pop star, is in the news for getting her email hacked that led…
Teen monitoring app exposes plaintext Apple ID passwords of its users
A popular teen monitoring app has become a victim of a data breach in which plaintext Apple ID passwords…