iPhone SMS Security Vulnerability to Be Disclosed Today
Using a flaw they've found in the iPhone's handling of text messages, the researchers say they'll demonstrate how to send a series of mostly invisible SMS bursts that can give a hacker complete power over any of the smart phone's functions. That includes dialing the phone, visiting Web sites, turning on the device's camera and microphone and, most importantly, sending more text messages to further propagate a mass-gadget hijacking.
According to the report, researchers Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner notified Apple of the vulnerability over a month ago, but the company has yet to issue a patch for it.Miller was the lead researcher behind an effort that discovered a vulnerability in the original iPhone soon after its 2007 launch, a flaw that Apple addressed with the release of iPhone OS 1.0.1 just two days before Miller was set to publicize his findings at that year's Black Hat conference.
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...why would they publish this information? I'm not absolving apple of blame here, but come on. Just because you have freedom of speech doesn't mean it's not reckless to use it in a case like this.
To force Apple into sorting this out.
...why would they publish this information? I'm not absolving apple of blame here, but come on. Just because you have freedom of speech doesn't mean it's not reckless to use it in a case like this.
It happens all the time. Security people find holes, report it to the vendor, and they're given ample time to fix it. Apple are being slack, it's up to them to fix it, and quickly.
Just because you have freedom of speech doesn't mean it's not reckless to use it in a case like this.
Put a fire under Apple's feet for resolution, maybe?
Just because you have freedom of speech doesn't mean it's not reckless to use it in a case like this.
Yeah, President Bush had that same problem with the New York Times publishing reports that the Administration believed would harm national security. Didn't stop the Times...
"Same thing we do every day Brain, try to take over every iPhone in the world!"
Overheard at the Black Hat conference.
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