Apple accuses Google of having more and more worries about the security issues of the iPhone

According to a report from The Verge, Apple seems totally unhappy with how Google has revealed a major security vulnerability of the iPhone. Google researchers have revealed the existence of iPhone security problems and have announced them to everyone.

Specifically, Google's security researchers discovered that malicious Web sites used previously undetected security vulnerabilities in iOS to hack devices for at least two years. Although Apple did not object to the content of the same research, the company has accused Google of growing concerns. IPhone users are putting their devices at risk because important details have not been published in the Google security article, Apple said.

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"The sophisticated attack was highly concentrated and did not massively exploit iPhones as Google has described.The attack hit fewer than a dozen content-driven websites. related to the Uyghur community. "

Subsequent reports revealed that these websites were also targeting Windows and Android users, but Google did not explain this aspect of the attacks in detail.

"All the evidence suggests that these attacks on websites only worked briefly, almost two months, not two years, as Google points out," Apple said.

It should be noted that this vulnerability was corrected by Apple in February, just ten days after learning of the existence of this security problem, the company said. "When Google contacted us, we were already repairing the exploits."

We do not know if Google is aware of attempts to hack Android devices from the same websites, nor why the company did not disclose that the attack had been conducted on a very small scale, as Apple claims.

"Protection is an endless journey and our customers can be sure to work for them," said Apple. [..] Product protection teams around the world are constantly introducing new protections and fixing vulnerabilities once they have been detected. We will never stop working hard to keep our users safe. "

Google, for its part, insists on the validity of its security research and has issued a press release in which it says:

"Project Zero publishes technical research designed to improve the understanding of security vulnerabilities, leading to better defense strategies. We support our extensive written research to focus on the technical aspects of these vulnerabilities. We will continue to work with Apple and other large companies to keep people safe online. "