{"id":44566,"date":"2014-09-04T06:52:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T06:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=44566"},"modified":"2014-09-04T06:52:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T06:52:31","slug":"fundamental-flaw-in-apple-icloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/fundamental-flaw-in-apple-icloud\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Fundamental flaw’ in Apple iCloud"},"content":{"rendered":"
Apple’s iCloud facility, which stores iPhone and iPad users’ photos and personal data, has a “fundamental security flaw”, an expert has warned.<\/p>\n
The online service is under scrutiny after intimate images of celebrities were stolen and leaked.<\/p>\n
It has emerged that a security measure called two-step verification, which is recommended by Apple, can be bypassed using easily available software that allows access to iCloud back-ups.<\/p>\n
Apple declined to comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n The program still requires hackers to know the user’s email address and password, and there is no clear evidence that it was used in the recent breaches.<\/p>\n Two-step verification – which requires a user to type in a short code sent by Apple to their phone or tablet in order to access their account – is supposed to offer an extra level of protection.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, Apple suggested its customers “always use a strong password and enable two-step verification” after it acknowledged that some of its accounts had been compromised by a “very targeted attack”.<\/p>\n But one expert said Apple had given people “a false sense of security”.<\/p>\n