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iOS exploit lets apps download unsigned code

...approval process. Forbes yesterday reported on new findings by Accuvant security researcher Charlie Miller, who next week is taking the wraps off a new iOS... Read more

8 November, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Laptop batteries pose security risk, researcher says

...bypass the built-in safeguards. "I can clearly brick the battery," said Charlie Miller, principal research consultant at security firm Accuvant Labs. "That's a... Read more

5 August, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Apple battery fire risk 'quite low' says Miller

...to use the hole to start a fire, according to security expert Charlie Miller. Miller is due to give a talk on the flaw on... Read more

28 July, 2011

Adobe adds to out-of-band update

...it would patch flaws in Reader and Acrobat revealed by security researcher Charlie Miller at the Black Hat security conference in July. Adobe updated its... Read more

19 August, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Adobe to release emergency Reader fix

...related to the way Adobe's PDF reader software handles fonts, said Charlie Miller, principal analyst at Independent Security Evaluators. He disclosed the hole in... Read more

6 August, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Adobe confirms PDF security hole in Reader

...the PDF-reading software parses fonts, according to Independent Security Evaluators researcher Charlie Miller, who presented a proof-of-concept attack for the flaw at... Read more

4 August, 2010 by Ben Woods

iPhone, Safari, IE8, Firefox hacked in contest

...as part of the annual Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest security show. Charlie Miller, principal security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, won $10,000 (£6... Read more

25 March, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Researchers take control of iPhone via SMS

...more or less anything a person can do on their iPhone, researchers Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner told ZDNet UK's sister site CNET News... Read more

30 July, 2009 by Elinor Mills

Safari hole exploited in seconds at hack contest

...Wednesday, by exploiting a hole in Safari in 10 seconds or so. Charlie Miller (pictured), principal security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, used a MacBook... Read more

19 March, 2009 by Elinor Mills

Critics dismiss Chrome bug bounty as 'too low'

...enough money to motivate skilled vulnerability researchers. "I think it's ridiculous," Charlie Miller, a senior security researcher at Independent Security Evaluators, said when asked... Read more

10 February, 2010 by Elinor Mills
Apple plugs iPhone SMS hole

Apple plugs iPhone SMS hole

...could enable an attacker to take complete control over an iPhone. Researchers Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner said at the Black Hat security conference that... Read more

3 August, 2009 by Larry Dignan

Apple readies patch for iPhone SMS flaw

...or take control of the device and add it to a botnet, Charlie Miller, co-author of The Mac Hacker's Handbook and principal security... Read more

3 July, 2009 by Elinor Mills

Researcher warns of Android phone vulnerability

...recommend people not use the Android browser until the patch is installed. Charlie Miller, a principal analyst at consultancy Security Evaluators, said on Thursday that... Read more

13 February, 2009 by Elinor Mills
Google offers update for Android security flaw

Google offers update for Android security flaw

...a few other minor changes. The researchers who found the browser flaw — Charlie Miller, Mark Daniel and Jake Honoroff of Independent Security Evaluators — called the... Read more

4 November, 2008 by Stephen Shankland

Apple's Leopard lasts '30 seconds' in hack contest

...as a result. Although the competition recorded the hack taking eight minutes, Charlie Miller, a principal analyst with ISE, told ZDNet.com.au that it... Read more

28 March, 2008 by Liam Tung

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