By Emma Boyle
The Nintendo Switch may not have a web browser, but that hasn’t stopped hackers breaching its defenses recently.
It’s been a week since the console launched to the public and well-known iOS hacker qwertyoruiop is claiming he’s found a way into the console thanks to the similarities it shares with Apple devices.
Though the Switch doesn’t have (or really need) a browser, it does have to be able to sign into public Wi-Fi portals. To do this it, uses Apple’s WebKit engine which is also used in Safari on Mac and iOS.
What do Nintendo and Apple have in common?
And herein lies the way in. This wouldn’t be that much of a problem if the Switch wasn’t using an older, iOS 9.3 version of WebKit for which there are known vulnerabilities for hackers to take advantage of.
This WebKit version in particular has a vulnerability which previously left iPhones open to the Pegasus malware. Though Apple patched the weakness with the iOS 9.3.5 update, Nintendo has opted for whatever reason to use the older version.
To break into the Switch, qwertyoruiop simply had to modify his old exploit by ridding it of the iOS-specific code and adapting it to the Switch. …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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