Corellium is once again trying to assert its point of view against Apple. The company has developed an iOS virtualization solution from Arm servers, used by security researchers (but also by unscrupulous intelligence agencies and surveillance companies), to flush out vulnerabilities in the platform.
In August, Apple complained against Corellium due in particular to copyright infringement, the manufacturer not supplying an iOS license. End of October, Corellium replied ensuring that iOS virtualization served platform security.
The editor replies today with a open letter Amanda Gorton, CEO of the company, who attacks Apple’s latest addition to its complaint. The manufacturer explains that Corellium tools “ allow users to jailbreak [leurs appareils] “And that they are also likely to allow them to” develop software that can be used for jailbreaking “.
In other words, clarifies Amanda Gorton, “ Apple Says Anyone Who Provides A Tool To Lose Users [un iPhone], and all those who allow the creation of such a tool, violate the rules of the DMCA [une loi américaine adoptée en 1998 pour combattre les infractions au droit d’auteur, NDLR] “.
For Corellium, this is a new attempt by Apple to fall short on the jailbreak. ” Apple is very clear that it does not intend to limit its attack to Corellium: it seeks to set a precedent for removing public jailbreaks “. The editor bounces on recent news: the manufacturer has effectively relaunched the cat and mouse game against the jailbreak community (read: Apple again very aggressive against the jailbreak).
In the absence – for the moment – of official tools allowing security researchers to do their work, jailbreak is the only solution to “test the security” of an application. Amanda Gorton takes the example of the ToTok app, removed from the AppStore after it was established that it was a surveillance tool serving the United Arab Emirates: this discovery would not have been possible without a jailbreak, reports Corellium.
The editor also recalls that Apple has not been shy about transplanting tweaks some of the functions of iOS such as the dark world, the control center … Without forgetting all the contribution of those keen on unplugging to secure the platform. Corellium is obviously looking here to put the jailbreak community in their pocket and to shift the legal debate to a wider field than just copyright infringement.
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