The Biggest iPhone Security Risk Could Be Connecting One To a Computer 72
angry tapir (1463043) writes Apple has done well to insulate its iOS mobile operating system from many security issues, but a forthcoming demonstration shows it's far from perfect. Next Wednesday at the Usenix Security Symposium in San Diego, researchers with the Georgia Institute of Technology will show how iOS's Achilles' heel is exposed when devices are connected over USB to a computer or have Wi-Fi synching enabled. The beauty of their attack is that it doesn't rely on iOS software vulnerabilities, the customary way that hackers commandeer computers. It simply takes advantage of design issues in iOS, working around Apple's layered protections to accomplish a sinister goal.
Pray BlackBerry sticks around (Score:2, Insightful)
Minor detail glossed over in the headline (Score:5, Insightful)
Stopped reading at "Their attack requires the victim's computer to have malware installed".
If you create a trusted connection between your computer and your iPhone, it's a trusted connection. If you don't trust your computer, you shouldn't use it to make a trusted connection to other devices. It's really just that simple.
Another "no shit" security "hole" (Score:5, Insightful)
if you connect you iDevice to a computer, unlock your device, and explicitly tell your device that the computer is trustworthy... The computer is able to install apps and interact with the filesystem on your device! Who would have thought?
um no (Score:5, Insightful)
The IPhones biggest security threat is the US Federal Government.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/... [washingtonpost.com]
Re:Apples dont get viruses rehashed ? (Score:0, Insightful)
Then maybe Apple shouldn't have named their OS after a well established piece of network software.
Droid does what iDon't (Score:5, Insightful)