Apple said Friday that consumers need to download the fix by using a computer in iTunes, then install the iPhone by connecting the device to your computer.
Although Apple has released a patch, the problem persists, as millions of iPhone users to upgrade software. Meanwhile, criminal hackers could exploit this vulnerability to commit cybercrime.
News of the fault on the surface Thursday when researchers Charlie Miller, Collin Mulliner and addresses the vulnerability of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, one of the world's largest security agreements. Found a mistake while searching for vulnerabilities in SMS communication system that the use of mobile devices to send and receive text messages, in addition to software updates.
"There is a real urgency for people to update their iPhones because it's the wave of publicity. The competition between the determination of the vulnerability and the attacker tries to exploit the problem," said Joris Evers A spokesman for No. 2 security software maker McAfee Inc.
Mullin and Miller showed how the public from entering the Black Hat computer code sent to iPhones through the phone by SMS. They said that the phone can not establish that the beneficiary is a malicious code.
They warned of the failure of Apple, July 18. He said he decided to publish their discovery in an effort to warn users of the Apple iPhone a potential threat and pressure on the prompt correction.
About 4,000 security experts at Black Hat are visiting, including a few who really pirates. Although experts to detect errors in software, and protect users, hackers use the same information to work, or commit crimes Pranks.
It is illegal to publish hack computer systems, even if it is against the law to use it to break.
Apple has sold 5.2 million iPhones in the last quarter. This smartphone is the most important engine of growth.
Although Apple has released a patch, the problem persists, as millions of iPhone users to upgrade software. Meanwhile, criminal hackers could exploit this vulnerability to commit cybercrime.
News of the fault on the surface Thursday when researchers Charlie Miller, Collin Mulliner and addresses the vulnerability of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, one of the world's largest security agreements. Found a mistake while searching for vulnerabilities in SMS communication system that the use of mobile devices to send and receive text messages, in addition to software updates.
"There is a real urgency for people to update their iPhones because it's the wave of publicity. The competition between the determination of the vulnerability and the attacker tries to exploit the problem," said Joris Evers A spokesman for No. 2 security software maker McAfee Inc.
Mullin and Miller showed how the public from entering the Black Hat computer code sent to iPhones through the phone by SMS. They said that the phone can not establish that the beneficiary is a malicious code.
They warned of the failure of Apple, July 18. He said he decided to publish their discovery in an effort to warn users of the Apple iPhone a potential threat and pressure on the prompt correction.
About 4,000 security experts at Black Hat are visiting, including a few who really pirates. Although experts to detect errors in software, and protect users, hackers use the same information to work, or commit crimes Pranks.
It is illegal to publish hack computer systems, even if it is against the law to use it to break.
Apple has sold 5.2 million iPhones in the last quarter. This smartphone is the most important engine of growth.
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