fG! maintained a great list of iOS/OSX security papers at industrial conferences. Besides of that, here are some iOS security papers from academia conferences:
- Xiaolong Bai et al. Staying Secure and Unprepared: Understanding and Mitigating the Security Risks of Apple ZeroConf. Oakland 2016 (PDF)
- Kai Chen et al. Following Devil's Footprints: Cross-Platform Analysis of Potentially Harmful Libraries on Android and iOS. Oakland 2016 (PDF)
- Mihai Bucicoiu et al. XiOS: Extended Application Sandboxing on iOS. AsiaCCS 2015 (PDF)
- Luis Go ́mez-Miralles et al. Lockup: A software tool to harden iOS by disabling default lockdown services. 3PGCIC 2015 (PDF Slides)
- Zhui Deng et al. iRiS: Vetting Private API Abuse in iOS Applications. CCS 2015 (PDF)
- Luyi Xing et al. Cracking App Isolation on Apple: Unauthorized Cross-App Resource Access on MAC OS X and iOS. CCS 2015 (PDF)
- Min Zheng et al. Enpublic Apps: Security Threats Using iOS Enterprise and Developer Certificates. AsiaCCS 2015 (PDF)
- Andreas Kurtz et al. DiOS: Dynamic Privacy Analysis of iOS Applications. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Dept. of Computer Science, Technical Reports, CS-2014-03, June 2014. (PDF Code)
- Tao Wei et al. Apple without a Shell - iOS under Targeted Attack. VirusBulletin 2014 (PDF)
- Tielei Wang et al. On the Feasibility of Large-Scale Infections of iOS Devices. USENIX Security 2014 (PDF Slides)
- Jin Han et al. Launching Generic Attacks on iOS with Approved Third-Party Applications. ACNS 2013 (PDF)
- Tim Werthmann et al. PSiOS: Bring Your Own Privacy & Security to iOS Devices. AsiaCCS 2013 (PDF Slides)
- Yuvraj Agarwal et al. ProtectMyPrivacy: Detecting and Mitigating Privacy Leaks on iOS Devices Using Crowdsourcing. MobiSys 2013 (PDF)
- Tielei Wang et al. Jekyll on iOS: When Benign Apps Become Evil. USENIX Security 2013 (PDF)
- Methusela Cebrian Ferrer. Malware analysis: tools and methodologies for Apple Mac OS X and iOS devices. VirusBulletin 2012
- Dimitrios Damopoulos et al. iSAM: An iPhone Stealth Airborne Malware. IFIP TC 11 International Information Security Conference, SEC 2011 (PDF)
- Martin Szydlowski et al. Challenges for dynamic analysis of iOS applications. iNetSec 2011 (PDF)
- Methusela Cebrian Ferrer. Cyber attacks: how are Mac OS X and iOS users playing the role? VirusBulletin 2011
- Manuel Egele et al. PiOS: Detecting Privacy Leaks in iOS Applications. NDSS 2011 (PDF)
Jacob Soo maintained an awesome list of Android security papers at droidsec.