iPhone Vulnerability, Fix Coming on November 21st in Firmware 2.2?
German publication Spiegel.de reports an newly announced iPhone vulnerability that can force a (potentially expensive) phone call to be made simply by visiting a webpage in Safari. The vulnerability was to be announced in ComputerBild on Monday but was detailed today in a press release from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT). A video of the exploit is also available.
SIT reports that they notified Apple of the issue a month ago and that a fix will become available on November 21st through a firmware upgrade.
This seems to confirm an earlier report that we would see iPhone Firmware 2.2 released on that date. The iPhone 2.2 firmware contains a number of small new features we have previously detailed.
SIT reports that they notified Apple of the issue a month ago and that a fix will become available on November 21st through a firmware upgrade.
This seems to confirm an earlier report that we would see iPhone Firmware 2.2 released on that date. The iPhone 2.2 firmware contains a number of small new features we have previously detailed.
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42 months ago
Wonder if the firmware upgrade apart from containing the bug fix, and known potential feature, will have any surprises (a week before thanksgiving, and Black Friday - from the reaction i've seen from friends being shown Google Street View, having this on the iPhone might be a great way to boost iPhone sales)
iPhoneHellas.gr's claims being that 2.2 firmware will contain
[LIST]
[*]New look Safari (Google search bar now occupying its own space on the title bar - some not really thinking this is for the best).
[*]On/Off toggle to disable auto-correction.
[*]461 Japanese emoji icons.
[*]Support for new languages.
[*]Line-in audio activated & able to be used through the headphone jack.
[*]Google Street View, Google Transit info
[*]App Store: 'Categories' showing icons of apps instead of the list; 'Tell A Friend' & 'Report A Problem' buttons added, also adding ability to score an app when it's deleted from an iPhone; added ability to directly download podcasts from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store (though what size maximums over cell net vs wifi remains to be confirmed afaik)
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iPhoneHellas.gr's claims being that 2.2 firmware will contain
[LIST]
[*]New look Safari (Google search bar now occupying its own space on the title bar - some not really thinking this is for the best).
[*]On/Off toggle to disable auto-correction.
[*]461 Japanese emoji icons.
[*]Support for new languages.
[*]Line-in audio activated & able to be used through the headphone jack.
[*]Google Street View, Google Transit info
[*]App Store: 'Categories' showing icons of apps instead of the list; 'Tell A Friend' & 'Report A Problem' buttons added, also adding ability to score an app when it's deleted from an iPhone; added ability to directly download podcasts from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store (though what size maximums over cell net vs wifi remains to be confirmed afaik)
[/LIST]
42 months ago
That's a really bad exploit.
WTF :confused:
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WTF :confused:
42 months ago
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It's nice to see you using copy and paste to ask for copy and paste...
I'm of the opinion that maliciousness should be fixed at the first available opportunity, not in the next major release, myself.
42 months ago
Can someone please explain to me again why I should be excited for this? Emojicons, street view, line in audio, new broswer look....
Wasn't there something in there that should say MMS enabled, cut and paste....
I am pretty sure that the old nokia brick phones have a few features the iphone doesnt have still, and that is sad.
Wasn't there something in there that should say MMS enabled, cut and paste....
I am pretty sure that the old nokia brick phones have a few features the iphone doesnt have still, and that is sad.
42 months ago
Wasn't there something in there that should say MMS enabled, cut and paste....
Apple has decided you don't need MMS.
You just need reeducation to understand why they know you better than you do.
42 months ago
I'm hoping for more than this.. otherwise a sad update.
Good to see a security fix, but it should have been released sooner (maybe 2.1.1)
Good to see a security fix, but it should have been released sooner (maybe 2.1.1)
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