IOS 9 security flaw lets anyone access your photos and contacts

IOS 9 security flaw lets anyone access your photos and contacts photo IOS 9 security flaw lets anyone access your photos and contacts

Once you tap it, you will be redirected to the stock Clock app. Then the person trying to breach in will press the little ‘+’ sign and tap any random letter in the bar.



If you think that your iPhone’s lock code and TouchID will help prevent other people from accessing your device, think again, as this security flaw in iOS 9 lets anyone easily bypass the passcode to get access to your personal photos and contacts, within just 30 seconds.

At one point Apple took incentive and effectively launched the smartphone industry, popularized the use of laptops, and launched the tablet wars.

When the voice-activated assistant brings up the clock, it’s then possble to access the search function and pull up an iPhone owner’s contacts, messages and photos through the share screen. Apple rolled out the iOS 9.0.1 update this week, just a week after launching the new mobile operating system.

However, it appears that amongst all of the aforementioned improvements, Apple has unintentionally introduced a lock screen bug.

Users can stop the iOS 9 hack from working by going to “Settings” selecting the “Touch ID & Passcode” section. The good news is that there’s an easy fix for this latest one located by YouTube user videosdebarraquito. Once Siri is disabled, you can breathe a sigh of relief. (We don’t want to outline the steps here, but the video above has the details.) AppleInsider notes that Rodriguez also found a lock-screen bypass a couple of years ago, in iOS 6.1.3. There you’ll find the option to keep Siri behind the lock screen. You can “remove” this glitch by disabling access to Siri while the phone is locked, but it is still quite the security flaw.

Our advice: reduce your attack surface right away. So when can you get your hands on things?

Set Require Passcode to Immediately.

Enable Erase Data after 10 failed passcode attempts.

If in a bolt of excitement you have already made the switch to iOS 9, then wish you never lose your iPhone.

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