iOS 7.1.1 Encryption Issue, Fix coming soon

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Apple aware of email attachment encryption issue in iOS 7.1.1

Recent releases of Apple's iOS platform, including the latest iOS 7.1.1 update, include a bug that prevents email attachments saved on the device from being properly protected with encryption, and a fix is presumably on the way.

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Security researcher Andreas Kurtz revealed last month that he has reported the flaw to Apple, and the company responded by saying they were aware of the issue. To date, the problem has not yet been fixed, and Apple has not offered a timetable for when it might be addressed.

Using an iPhone 4, Kurtz was able to verify that the attachments could be read without any encryption or restriction after accessing the device's file system in both iOS 7.1 and iOS 7.1.1. The same vulnerability was then discovered on an iPhone 5s as well as an iPad 2 running iOS 7.0.4. The flaw was highlighted last week by ZDNet.

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Apple is so slow at fixing things like this..

 

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Apple are working on a fix for Encryption issue.

A bug has been discovered in iOS 7 that causes email attachments to not be encrypted. Before anyone panics, however, in order for an attacker to exploit the bug they'd need to a) steal your device and, b) brute force or jailbreak-bypass the passcode or password, which c) currently means there's no risk to iPhone 4s and later devices running iOS 7.1 or later software. When reached for comment about the bug, Apple provided us with the following statement:

"We're aware of the issue," an Apple spokeswoman told iMore, "and are working on a fix which we will deliver in a future software update."
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Source: http://www.imore.com/apple-aware-ios-7-mail-attachment-bug-working-fix