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Coop

2009-07-31, 02:55 PM

The annual Black Hat technical security conference going on in Las Vegas this week has shown a a method of taking control of an iPhone by sending malicious SMS or Text message. http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2009/07/mac_and_iphone.html

And last week, two researchers posted a video on YouTube demonstrating how easy it can be to break the encryption and retrieve the passcode an on iPhone 3GS -- the same encryption that Apple describes as "highly secure."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wS3AMbXRLs

Coop

2009-07-31, 04:07 PM

Apple release's 3.0.1 at 297.9 MB that fixes the loophole, I wish Apple would just patch things instead of the complete OS.


Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums > Consumer Electronics and Home Computing > Smartphone and Tablet Computing including Android, Blackberry and iOS devices > iPhone 3GS Security Issues PDA : iPhone 3GS Security Issues Coop 2009-07-31, 02:55 PM The annual Black Hat technical security conference going on in Las Vegas this week has shown a a method of taking control of an iPhone by sending malicious SMS or Text message. http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2009/07/mac_and_iphone.html And last week, two researchers posted a video on YouTube demonstrating how easy it can be to break the encryption and retrieve the passcode an on iPhone 3GS -- the same encryption that Apple describes as "highly secure." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wS3AMbXRLs Coop 2009-07-31, 04:07 PM Apple release's 3.0.1 at 297.9 MB that fixes the loophole, I wish Apple would just patch things instead of the complete OS.