Security Flaw Found That Allows Control of iPhone 176
i_like_spam writes "The NYTimes is running a story about an iPhone flaw that has been found and documented by researchers from Independent Security Evaluators. Attackers were able to gain full control of the iPhone either through WiFi or by visiting a website with malicious code. The exploit will be demonstrated at BlackHat on Aug. 2nd at 4:45pm. Until then, 'details on the vulnerability, but not a step-by-step guide to hacking the phone, can be found at www.exploitingiphone.com, which the researchers said would be unveiled today.'"
The technical paper is the article (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Update Deployment (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Duke University (Score:1, Informative)
Duke WAS NOT Apple's fault (Score:5, Informative)
Yeah, I can see how you're confused, because all the news outlets reporting about how the iPhone destroyed Duke's network did not bother to report that it was all made-up crap.
Last week: [macworld.com]
This week: [duke.edu]
Maybe at least /. could bother to retract the story?
Nah, who cares, it's just your usualy weekly Apple bashing.
Re:Duke WAS NOT Apple's fault (Score:5, Informative)
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07
Kind of ugly though (Score:3, Informative)
iPhone owner is not surprised (Score:5, Informative)
Re:The technical paper is the article (Score:3, Informative)
would be easier to read as
"Why not just disallow anyone who has a history of programming buffer overflows from ever programming a device?"
although that changes the meaning slightly.
Re:Full Control? (Score:3, Informative)
the iPhone , when unlocked, will only ever work with GSM networks (T-Mobile and AT&T). Any changes that move the phone to Verizon would require solder and hot-glue.
Re:Excellent! (Score:2, Informative)