This part also makes this a bit confusing: "As a final (and alarming) demonstration, they showed a Mactans-pwned phone turn itself on, swipe open, enter the passcode, and call another phone."
So can they attack a passcode protected phone or not?
Also, shouldn't this be one of those bugs they let apple fix first BEFORE they talk about it?
I understood it that the initial attack vector required the target device to be unlocked. Once the malicious code was installed, the attacker could then gain complete control, including passcode unlock.
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This part also makes this a bit confusing: "As a final (and alarming) demonstration, they showed a Mactans-pwned phone turn itself on, swipe open, enter the passcode, and call another phone."
So can they attack a passcode protected phone or not?
Also, shouldn't this be one of those bugs they let apple fix first BEFORE they talk about it?
I understood it that the initial attack vector required the target device to be unlocked. Once the malicious code was installed, the attacker could then gain complete control, including passcode unlock.