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Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] ilega_dh@feddit.nl 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 year 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 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 year 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 1 points 1 year ago

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