iOS 8 'Reset All Settings' Bug Could Delete Your iCloud Files

At the beginning of the month, Apple was criticized for the security flaw in its iCloud file storage service that, according to multiple media outlets, allowed hackers to allegedly retrieve nude photos of a number of high-profile celebrities. And Now, the company’s newly launched iOS 8 has been reportedly found vulnerable to another critical bug that is troubling Apple iOS 8 users.

After the launch of iOS 8, some minor bugs was reported in its operating system which was quickly fixed in Apple’s iOS 8.0.1. But, the critical vulnerability discovered in iOS 8.0.1 seems to be deleting data stored in iCloud Drive without the user's permission.

The bug was uncovered by MacRumors after its forum members complaint about the issue triggered by the option to "Reset All Settings," which is typically supposed to reset your network settings to give your iOS device a clean slate to work with, but it turns out the feature is also deleting all your files from iCloud Drive.

Under the General category in Settings for iOS 8, the Reset All Settings option is supposed to simply reset your iOS settings while retaining your data and media, as the option explicitly says that "No data or media will be deleted."

But unfortunately, that's not the case with the users who have the new iOS installed in their Apple devices, as certain iCloud documents also wiped out after users press the Reset All Settings button.

User comments on the issue also suggest that the bug seems to be specific to documents from iWork apps, such as Pages, Keynote and Numbers, according to MacRumors. There have been multiple confirmed reports from users who lost all of their iWork documents after using the option, and the user who first noticed the issue has reported that only Apple’s productivity apps were impacted, but other data files remained in iCloud.

These documents don’t just vanish from the iOS 8 device, either. They disappear from the web-based iCloud Drive manager as well as systems running OS X Yosemite. Only you can retrieve all your documents from there, if you have a backup for your files. But, if you don't have a backup, your documents are gone forever.

MacRumors conducted its own test on the bug and reported, "In our own testing, using "Reset All Settings" deleted all iWork documents stored in iCloud Drive on the iPhone and on iCloud.com. After allowing time for syncing to a Mac running OS X Yosemite, all of the documents disappeared from that machine as well. Preview and TextEdit documents, which cannot be accessed on the iPhone, remained untouched on the Mac."

Until the issue is addressed by Apple, users who have iCloud Drive enabled are advised to avoid using the "Reset All Settings" option on their devices, in order to protect their important documents stored in iCloud Drive from getting erased.

Apple’s iCloud was also in recent controversies when the highly-publicized celebrity photos were leaked online due to Apple’s insufficient security measures on certain functions.

 

 

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Next 'Android L' To Enable Full Disk Encryption By Default

The search engine giant Google will soon come up with its next version of Android operating system, dubbed as Android L, with full-disk encryption enabled by default, Google confirmed Thursday.

This will be for the first time that Google’s Android OS will be encrypting your information, preventing both hackers and law enforcement agencies from gaining access to users’ personal and highly sensitive data on their devices running the Android operating system.

While Android has been offering data encryption options for some Android devices since 2011. However the options are not enabled by default, so users have had to activate the functionality manually. But Android L will have new activation procedures that will encrypt data automatically.

Although Google is yet to provide more details about Android L, which is set to be released next month. But the move by the web giant will surely provide an extra layer of security on the personal data that users typically have on their Android Smartphones.

“For over three years Android has offered encryption, and keys are not stored off of the device, so they cannot be shared with law enforcement,” a spokeswoman for the company Niki Christoff has told The Washington Post. “As part of our next Android release, encryption will be enabled by default out of the box, so you won't even have to think about turning it on.”

Google’s announcement for by default encryption comes a day after Apple revealed that it is expanding its two-factor authentication process to include the iCloud storage system, which was recently targeted by hackers to extract over 100 nude celebrities photos.

Meanwhile, Apple also announced that the latest version of its mobile operating system iOS 8 are protected by new automatic encryption methods that prevent even Apple from accessing its users’ personal and sensitive information.

"Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your pass code and therefore cannot access this data," Apple said in its new privacy policy, updated on Wednesday. "So it's not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8."

Android is the most popular operating system for Smartphones in the world. So, by making the platform more secure, billions of Android users personal data can be protected from hackers as well as law enforcement agencies.

Technology titans are considering encryption a top priority in the wake of revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that the NSA conducted mass collection of users’ phone and email communications. Till this new release of Android L operating system, if you want to set up encryption on your Android phone today, Google has instructions here.

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