NSA can access any Apple Iphone via DROPOUT

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January 02, 2014

As NSA is getting problem to all the tech and internet firm, mainly to internet users. But this not till yet, NSA can track all your activities via your mobile phone also. We all know that how Apple's Iphone is popular and everyone's likes it much.

On Monday, Security researcher Jacob Appelbaum, while giving the presentation at the Chaos Communications Congress (30C3) in Hamburg, Germany, shared the documents which states that NSA using a secret program name as "DROPOUTJEEP" can access any of the Apple device via "modular mission applications to provide specific SIGINT functionality.” He also revealed that NSA reportedly sniffing out every last bit of data from your iPhone.

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"DROPOUTJEEP", is a tool designed for the Apple Iphones, which use modular mission applications to provide specific SIGINT functionality. This tools give can exploit any of the Apple Iphone's and do number of jobs remotely, as like access message, contact list, revealed voice mails, camera capture, cell tower location, etc. It can push or pull files on the device.

He also added,

The NSA says anytime they can access and exploit the iOS device, and they always succeed. This shows that NSA holds the large number of exploit for the Apple device. Means they knew the security issue on the Apple products or Apple companies produce and sabotaging them.

More over NSA can also enable the camera and mic of the Iphone. It seems that the spyware tool was reportedly developed in 2008.

Check the Video of Jacob Appelbaum presentation

On Tuesday, Apple have denied for the allegations with the NSA. The followings statement released by Apple :-

Apple has never worked with the NSA to create a backdoor in any of our products, including iPhone. Additionally, we have been unaware of this alleged NSA program targeting our products. We care deeply about our customers' privacy and security. Our team is continually working to make our products even more secure, and we make it easy for customers to keep their software up to date with the latest advancements. Whenever we hear about attempts to undermine Apple's industry-leading security, we thoroughly investigate and take appropriate steps to protect our customers. We will continue to use our resources to stay ahead of malicious hackers and defend our customers from security attacks, regardless of who's behind them.