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Apple Joins 'Em, With Black Hat Presentation on iOS Security Model
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Network World: "For the first time, Apple will officially be in attendance at the annual Black Hat security conference which is scheduled to run through Thursday of this week. This is a notable development for two reasons. First, Apple has never formally attended the conference. Two, many of the more prominent stories to emerge out of previous Black Hat events have centered on Apple security. Representing Apple at the conference will be Apple platform security manager Dallas De Atley who is scheduled to deliver a speech on Thursday about the security technologies in iOS. Some have speculated that Apple's decision to attend the conference is rooted in their desire to make further inroads in the enterprise market while others believe it's a sign that Apple recognizes the growing importance of having a more open relationship with the hacker community at large."
It's so that they get a bully pulpit to reproclaim how much nicer iOS is because, "It doesn't get Windows viruses."
It was said at Black Hat, therefore it is true!
"Some have speculated that Apple's decision to attend the conference is rooted in their desire to make further inroads in the enterprise market while others believe it's a sign that Apple recognizes the growing importance of having a more open relationship with the hacker community"
Or maybe it's to find out at first hand what the black hats are planning - the quid pro quo is to make some presentations.
"She's furniture with a pulse"
"while others believe it's a sign that Apple recognizes the growing importance of having a more open relationship with the hacker community at large." Lol, no... Apple is run by the people who are described perfectly and in great detail in the book 'snakes in suits'. Psychopaths that is... They do not want to have an open relationship. They need something from you. Probably an add will come on later: 'we work closely with the hacker community to make our stuff more secure" but we all know what happens when you find a bug, exploit or whatever on their devices and store. You get banned and sued right into oblivion.
A more open relationship with the hackers? LOL wt heck?
awaiting outside of the conference building just in case someone discovers a hack or hole in their operating system. Or maybe perhaps they feel guilty banning that guy that made them look a little bit like fools.
Because now Apple is getting virii and they want to start expanding their recruitment to actually replace their "security through obscurity" model by implementing *real* security measures.
Up until less than a year ago, there was no security division that external parties could even contact to tell Apple about vulnerabilities.
The price is always right if someone else is paying.
Do you have a link for more information?
It involves Jodi Daugherty from Nintendo's anti-piracy department. (Yes, the same Jodi after whom the "Return of the Jodi" jailbreak is named.) Look at this page and this page and search them for "phone".
Wouldn't it be great if when the apple guys walked on stage, the whole crown stood as one and booed them?
It gripped her hand gently. 'Regret is for humans,' it said.
As apposed to backdoor sponsorship? Makes for a nice trap. Like when Goldfinger got all the mafia guys into one room and gassed 'em.
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Was Apple attending or giving the presentation? Because everytime someone puts "Apple" and "security" in the same sentence, the world starts laughing.
Spoken like a true script kiddy.
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