---
title: "Apple splats Safari flaw affecting a BEELLION iThings"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/apple-splats-safari-flaw-affecting-a-beellion-ithings/"
date: "2015-04-15T03:40:27+00:00"
section: "Software"
tags:
  - "Software Security"
source: "theregister.co.uk"
source_url: "https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/15/apple_splats_safari_flaw_affecting_a_beellion_ithings/"
---

# Apple splats Safari flaw affecting a BEELLION iThings

April 15, 2015 · Reported by theregister.co.uk

> Jouko Pynnönen, a security chap with Finnish firm Klikki Oy, has found a since patched bug he says could affect a billion Apple iDevices.
>
> Pynnönensays the cross-domain vulnerability in Safari’s file transfer URL schemes allows attackers to modify website HTTP cookies and have documents loaded from malicious sites.

[Read the full article at theregister.co.uk](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/15/apple_splats_safari_flaw_affecting_a_beellion_ithings/)

**Tags:** [Software Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/software-security/)