It arrived in a blaze of publicity and had frenzied gadget fans queuing for days before its launch last month. But just weeks after Apple's iPhone was unleashed on American shoppers, researchers say they have discovered how to hack into it and steal personal information.
Experts at Independent Security Evaluators, a computer protection consultancy, claim to have found a way to gain complete access to the phone, billed by its creators, Apple, as the mobile phone of the future. Researchers discovered the flaw after examining the way the iPhone connects to the internet. They say it is possible to hack in using the iPhone's wireless internet system, allowing full control of the phone, and accessing private information at will.
Charlie Miller, lead analyst at ISE, said it meant the handset was open to abuse. "Within two weeks of part-time work we had successfully discovered a vulnerability," said a notice on the company's website. "The compromised iPhone sent personal data including SMS text messages, contact information, call history and voicemail information over this connection ... we can get any file we want."
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News source: Guardian Unlimited
Experts at Independent Security Evaluators, a computer protection consultancy, claim to have found a way to gain complete access to the phone, billed by its creators, Apple, as the mobile phone of the future. Researchers discovered the flaw after examining the way the iPhone connects to the internet. They say it is possible to hack in using the iPhone's wireless internet system, allowing full control of the phone, and accessing private information at will.
Charlie Miller, lead analyst at ISE, said it meant the handset was open to abuse. "Within two weeks of part-time work we had successfully discovered a vulnerability," said a notice on the company's website. "The compromised iPhone sent personal data including SMS text messages, contact information, call history and voicemail information over this connection ... we can get any file we want."
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people who own an iPod and like to think their sms traffic is secure and private
A sms sent from an iPod is as secure and private as it gets
A sms sent from an iPod is as secure and private as it gets
damn it
People that spend $600+ on this should
That was just 20% being sick of everything iPhone and 80% being one of those Mac users who naturally understands everything has vulnerabilities that will need to be discovered and patched over time. It just bugs me how every article like this is treated by the press as a big GOTCHA! on Apple.
That was just 20% being sick of everything iPhone and 80% being one of those Mac users who naturally understands everything has vulnerabilities that will need to be discovered and patched over time. It just bugs me how every article like this is treated by the press as a big GOTCHA! on Apple.
The press and everyone considers it a big gotcha because for years apple and apple fanboys have touted that thier stuff is ALWAYS secure and unafflicted by problems.
people who own an iPod and like to think their sms traffic is secure and private
cool i want an ipod that can send SMS's
but the apple fan boys will come out with some sort of excuse why this is ok and all phones should have it because it is a great feature, or that this somehow isn't apples fault and somehow MS is to blame
Thanks for the laugh man! That's hilarious! iPhone 5 years ahead of everything else!? ROFL!!!!
Come to Europe some time... Our phones must be 15 years ahead of everything else using that same logic!
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