alexalex Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Apple girding gadgets against hackers Apple on Friday said it was working to patch a vulnerability that hackers could use to break into the company's popular iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets. Engineers at the California firm are fixing a weakness pointed out by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). "Apple takes security very seriously," Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said in response to an AFP inquiry. "We are aware of this reported issue and developing a fix that will be available in an upcoming software update," she said. BSI warned this week of a flaw that would let hackers infiltrate Apple mobile devices by duping users into opening PDF document files booby-trapped with malicious computer code. Although no attacks have been observed, hackers are likely to try to exploit the weakness, according to a posting on the agency's website. Possible "attack scenarios for cyber-criminals" include accessing passwords, email messages, contact lists, or built-in cameras and eavesdropping on phone conversations or getting location information, according to BSI. The agency recommended that Apple device users guard against hackers by not opening PDF documents from unfamiliar sources. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-apple-girding-gadgets-hackers.html Security holes discovered in iPhones, iPads A new security hole has opened up in Apple Inc.'s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, raising alarms about the susceptibility of some of the world's hottest tech gadgets to hacker attacks. Flaws in the software running those devices came to light after a German security agency warned that criminals could use them to steal confidential data off the devices. Apple, the world's largest technology company by market value, said Thursday that it is working on a fix that will be distributed in an upcoming software upgrade. With the security hole, an attacker can get malicious software onto a device by tricking its owner into clicking an infected PDF file. Germany's Federal Office for Information Security called the flaws "critical weaknesses" in Apple's iOS operating system.... http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-holes-iphones-ipads.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted July 11, 2011 Supervisor Share Posted July 11, 2011 Weird...I swear this security hole has been noted before. Well, maybe not this exact security hole, but there was a similar one to do with PDFs, wasn't there? Or maybe I'm getting my operating systems confused... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsbungee Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Weird...I swear this security hole has been noted before. Well, maybe not this exact security hole, but there was a similar one to do with PDFs, wasn't there? Or maybe I'm getting my operating systems confused... Yes, you are correct, this particular security issue has come up before, remember when people were walking into apple stores and jailbreaking iPhones on display by visiting jailbreakme. That was due to this exploit. Really Apple? Again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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