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AppleInsider - Apple lawsuit scares security researchers away from Corellium emulator - xSicKxBot - 05-05-2020
Apple lawsuit scares security researchers away from Corellium emulator
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<p class="gray small byline"> By <a href="https://appleinsider.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9df0f4fef5fcf8f1ddfcededf1f8f4f3eef4f9f8efb3fef2f0">Mike Peterson</a> <br /><span class="gray">Tuesday, May 05, 2020, 02:31 pm PT (05:31 pm ET)</span> </p>
<p> <span><span class="article-leader">Apple’s lawsuit against cybersecurity firm Corellium is reportedly having a “chilling effect” on some types of iOS security research, according to several experts in the field.<br /></span></p>
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<p><span class="minor2 small gray">Apple says that Corellium’s emulator copies iOS in “exacting detail.”</span></div>
<p>In August 2019, Apple levied a <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/08/15/apple-sues-virtualization-firm-corellium-for-selling-ios-and-itunes-knockoffs">copyright lawsuit</a> against security specialist Corellium, saying the company’s iOS emulation software “copied everything” about the tech giant’s mobile operating system.</p>
<p>Since then, Apple has <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/12/30/apple-escalates-legal-fight-with-ios-virtualization-tool-provider-corellium">escalated</a> its legal fight with the Florida-based firm, subpoenaing records from <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/02/22/santander-intel-contractor-l3harris-technologies-drawn-into-apple-vs-corellium-battle">Santander Bank and intelligence firm L3Harris Technologies</a> about their use of Corellium’s emulator.</p>
<p>The escalating legal dustup has created a “chilling effect” in the iPhone-focused security industry, one researcher <a href="https://www.vice.com/en%5C_us/article/wxqee4/apple-copyright-lawsuit-corellium-chilling-effect-security-research">told</a> Motherboard. A handful of security researchers that the publication spoke to expressed fear of retribution from Apple for using the Corellium emulator software.</p>
<p>Some of those experts also claim that Apple’s copyright lawsuit is less about intellectual property and more about retaining control over iOS security research and snarling the development of third-party iPhone hacking tools.</p>
<p>In several court filings, Apple maintains that the purpose of its lawsuit is “not to encumber good-faith security research,” but to simply stop Corellium from commercializing its copyrighted works.</p>
<p>As part of its legal defense, Corellium said that its emulator product helps secure Apple devices by allowing researchers to find vulnerabilities in the company’s platform.</p>
<p>“This litigation presents an existential threat to an open and healthy security research community not only for Apple products but for consumer devices in general,” Corellium said in a statement sent by its lawyers.</p>
<p>The U.S. Justice Department recently asked that Apple’s <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/04/apple-opposing-us-government-intervention-in-lawsuit-against-corellium">deposition of Corellium cofounder</a> Chris Wade be delayed until it could review the evidence Apple’s lawyers would present before they question him.</p>
<p>On Friday, Apple’s counsel filed a motion opposing that order, stating that the government had provided “no compelling reason, much less any evidence,” for the delay.</p>
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