Tech giant Apple has apparently launched a new legal battle with Corellium despite apparently settling with the cybersecurity company over its initial lawsuit. At the center of Apple's complaint is a virtualized environment created by Correlium that allows security researchers to search for bugs, instead of jailbreaking an actual iPhone. In December 2020, a judge threw out Apple's claims that Corellium's virtualized environment infringed its copyright. According to Cyberscoop, Apple has filed a lawsuit challenging the December firing, drawing criticism from security researchers.
Apple deal?
Last week, the Washington Post reported that the two companies had reached an agreement regarding Corellium that avoided the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to create its software environment. Many thought it was a sign that Apple was dropping its lawsuit against Corellium. However, Apple has now cleared those doubts with its copyright infringement appeal notice, much to the chagrin of ethical hackers. “This raises the specter that all kinds of security research activity could be vulnerable to copyright infringement claims. It is incredibly scary that Apple is going after this,” University of Colorado Law School professor Blake Reid told Cyberscoop. Apple's move comes even as it pledged to work with members of the security establishment to help legitimize its controversial new feature of scanning child abuse images. Interestingly, Corellium announced a €5,000 initiative to test Apple's new system. Via Cyberscoop