Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more::iLeakage is practical and requires minimal resources. A patch isn’t (yet) available.

  • @fuggadihere@lemmy.world
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    552 years ago

    While iLeakage works against Macs only when running Safari, iPhones and iPads can be attacked when running any browser because they’re all based on Apple’s WebKit browser engine.

    This is one of the things with iOS , iPadOS that I really don’t like.

    • @OrgunDonor@lemmy.world
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      92 years ago

      It is the single biggest reason why I havent thought about getting an iphone. I have an ipad and it is alright, but I have gone back to using the significantly worse specced Fire tablet, so I don’t have to use Safari.

      • @kboy101222@lemm.ee
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        32 years ago

        If they’d just allow other browsers, I’d love to get an iPad for creative work and to watch movies and shows in bed. My laptop does the job right now, but it gets too hot on my lap

  • @Tetsuo@jlai.lu
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    212 years ago

    I would never store any passwords in any browser to be honest. It cannot be safe anyway.

    • lemmyvore
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      112 years ago

      It’s a hardware exploit. It can recover stuff in other tabs, a password was just one example they happened to catch. It’s not targeted.

  • @ilega_dh@feddit.nl
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    132 years ago

    It’s feels like the article is intentionally vague about it but this does not seem to affect iCloud password keychain, as that requires user intervention (using your fingerprint) to fill your password, right?

    • @Vub@lemmy.world
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      92 years ago

      Seems to affect Keychain yes. And there are even examples in the article with an external password manager (Lastpass) so it doesn’t seem to matter how. But to be fair the vulnerability is quite complicated to abuse and I guess we can expect a fix very soon.

      • @ilega_dh@feddit.nl
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        12 years ago

        The vulnerability seems to be that it can read content filled into a page, and since lastpass will autofill your password (usually, if enabled) it’s easy to read.

        iCloud Keychain requires user intervention by default (using your fingerprint) so it can’t be autofilled in the background.

        Still, many people would be vulnerable because 3rd party password managers are so popular.

    • @Zeth0s@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      It looks to me pretty clear that they are talking about all the passwords stored in the browser.

      • bean
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        32 years ago

        Why people trust browsers for this? Also why browsers don’t beef of that security? I rely on third party, BitWarden, to store my stuff securely.

        • @Zeth0s@lemmy.world
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          12 years ago

          I haven’t read in details, but I believe this is an hardware issue, more than a strictly browser issue. They’ll probably mitigate it on the browser side though

      • @ilega_dh@feddit.nl
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        12 years ago

        I was talking about the iCloud Keychain, they are specifically not stored in the browser so malware can’t access it.