iOS 4.2 has arrived!

Apple iOS 4.2 Software has finally arrived making my beloved iPhone and iPad even more functional and probably introducing new bugs/vulnerabilities.  I must admit that I have lately jumped on the Apple wagon, even right now I am typing this blog on MacBook Pro :-) .   

I still do most of the forensic work on Windows machines and only occasionally utilising Linux. 
Having a busy life lately, I have Mac(s) mostly for personal use, and the main reason for choosing Apple devices for me was it's functionality, relative security and low maintenance.


I recently attended a presentation, where several current Windows vulnerabilities/hacks have been demonstrated. These little beasts were able to disable all major antivirus solutions, even when executed with 'guest' privileges. Another logical attack vector on commercial antivirus software would be an attack on it's license, for example by corrupting the license or changing the clock to the future, making AV's license expired. Several commercial products dropped it's defences in my tests straight away. 


The funniest thing was that the above mentioned presentation was given right after a computer forensic presentation by a young and very enthusiastic  person, who was questioning the need to have a forensic machine disconnected from the Internet, while performing the examination. I simply have no time or energy to deal with possible security compromises and other issues that may arise from having my forensic machine connected to the Internet. At the end of the day I have bought these Apple gadgets to safe my time for something better than constantly fixing my home Windows computer or checking firewall and security logs on my forensic machine :-) after each forensic examination.