iPhone vulnerabilities found

[farmkid]

Well, that didn't take long. It's been less than a month since the iPhone became publicly available and vulnerabilities have already been found. A team of computer security consultants have discovered and demonstrated a vulnerability that would allow a hacker access to any information in the phone.

Dr. Miller, a former employee of the National Security Agency who has a doctorate in computer science, demonstrated the hack to a reporter by using his iPhone’s Web browser to visit a Web site of his own design.
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Once he was there, the site injected a bit of code into the iPhone that then took over the phone. The phone promptly followed instructions to transmit a set of files to the attacking computer that included recent text messages — including one that had been sent to the reporter’s cellphone moments before — as well as telephone contacts and e-mail addresses.
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“We can get any file we want,” he said. Potentially, he added, the attack could be used to program the phone to make calls, running up large bills or even turning it into a portable bugging device.

This hack has not been exploited yet, but if you have an iPhone, you may want to keep this in mind and be careful.

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[Deleted 2]

Heh. People who are often eager to claim that the Mac OS (or Linux, for that matter) is more secure and virus-resistant tend to forget that applications have been the main vector for viruses and malware for years now.

I'd be interested to find out how Apple distributes software updates to iPhone users.

 

[David cgc]

iTunes, same as with the iPod. It'll just get installed when you sync/charge the device.