07/23/2014 Apple is denying claims by security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski that iOS has a backdoor that enables third parties to potentially gain access of user's personal data, says Mashable. "The problem, he explains, arises from the way Apple encrypts — or fails to encrypt — data from the iPhone's native apps, leaving personal data vulnerable to third parties.... The data at risk, according to Zdziarski, is some of the most personal information stored on your phone. It includes Twitter, iCloud, and e-mail accounts; contacts information, including deleted contacts; and data caches, including screenshots of pages you've viewed, keyboard typing history, and location information," explains the news site. "Although actually extracting this data requires a fairly advanced level of expertise, this information can potentially be obtained by anyone who has access to a computer, iPhone dock or any other device that has previously been paired to the iOS device. He stops short of accusing Apple of putting these backdoors in place to intentionally aid the NSA or other organizations, but the researcher does say he believes the NSA could have exploited the vulnerabilities."
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