A leading cybersecurity firm from Israel, Immue has reportedly found several concerning vulnerabilities across one of Apple’s privacy features.
The company which is known for giving firms a holistic means to their defense solution says it was quick to make the discovery public that it found in Apple’s iCloud Private Relay.
Immue claims that the discovery was made while the organization was busy assisting others put an end to cybercrime and other bot attacks which were targeting several vulnerable firms. But along the way, I was beyond surprised to learn about the attack which arose from IPs linked with tech giant Apple and its related servers.
The news was made public when the company’s co-founders took part in a recent exclusive interview for CyberWeek in Tel Aviv. This is when they spoke in detail about how threat actors make the most of anonymity as well as various web browsing functionalities by Apple technology.
This way, their IPs are masked and that provides them with the freedom to carry out numerous attacks that cannot be traced.
But how exactly does a leading tech company like Apple’s private system for relay actually work? Well, it was all thanks to the firm’s Developer’s Conference that we were given the chance to delve down deep into the exact mechanism. However, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that it was met with great controversy and skepticism.
The service had the compatibility to carry out secure browsing without any worry in the world of getting noticed and then further sold to the bidder offering the highest price.
Hence, once the feature gets enabled across Apple’s smart devices, the browsing activities across Safari were all routed via two very different relays. Moreover, the new rerouting meant no one party could actually track where the exact request came from. And in the end, the site would fail at developing detailed profiles for users involved.
The news of viewers getting concerned about how their data gets stored, viewed, or managed is definitely not something new. We’ve been hearing about it for quite some time now. But that doesn’t mean they’re willing to let tech giants do anything and everything without obtaining their consent.
As it is, so many privacy breaches are springing up with each passing day, and this way, so many internet providers and government firms are making it a point to curb the crisis before it gets out of hand.
There are even some reports that speak about how the world’s data could even be protected thanks to new privacy protocols introduced by the year 2025.
Immue was first founded last year in January and since then, the firm has managed to play an active role in helping firms curb this fraud-related menace as well as issues of undetectable bots.
The firm says it takes great pride in its defense system that prevents cyberattacks from taking place. And one of its best features is how it manages to monitor and gather data related to fraud schemes that not too many people know about.
Read next: Here’s How the Cybersecurity Landscape Might Look By 2025 According Gartner’s New Report
The company which is known for giving firms a holistic means to their defense solution says it was quick to make the discovery public that it found in Apple’s iCloud Private Relay.
Immue claims that the discovery was made while the organization was busy assisting others put an end to cybercrime and other bot attacks which were targeting several vulnerable firms. But along the way, I was beyond surprised to learn about the attack which arose from IPs linked with tech giant Apple and its related servers.
The news was made public when the company’s co-founders took part in a recent exclusive interview for CyberWeek in Tel Aviv. This is when they spoke in detail about how threat actors make the most of anonymity as well as various web browsing functionalities by Apple technology.
This way, their IPs are masked and that provides them with the freedom to carry out numerous attacks that cannot be traced.
But how exactly does a leading tech company like Apple’s private system for relay actually work? Well, it was all thanks to the firm’s Developer’s Conference that we were given the chance to delve down deep into the exact mechanism. However, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that it was met with great controversy and skepticism.
The service had the compatibility to carry out secure browsing without any worry in the world of getting noticed and then further sold to the bidder offering the highest price.
Hence, once the feature gets enabled across Apple’s smart devices, the browsing activities across Safari were all routed via two very different relays. Moreover, the new rerouting meant no one party could actually track where the exact request came from. And in the end, the site would fail at developing detailed profiles for users involved.
The news of viewers getting concerned about how their data gets stored, viewed, or managed is definitely not something new. We’ve been hearing about it for quite some time now. But that doesn’t mean they’re willing to let tech giants do anything and everything without obtaining their consent.
As it is, so many privacy breaches are springing up with each passing day, and this way, so many internet providers and government firms are making it a point to curb the crisis before it gets out of hand.
There are even some reports that speak about how the world’s data could even be protected thanks to new privacy protocols introduced by the year 2025.
Immue was first founded last year in January and since then, the firm has managed to play an active role in helping firms curb this fraud-related menace as well as issues of undetectable bots.
The firm says it takes great pride in its defense system that prevents cyberattacks from taking place. And one of its best features is how it manages to monitor and gather data related to fraud schemes that not too many people know about.
Read next: Here’s How the Cybersecurity Landscape Might Look By 2025 According Gartner’s New Report
