Sunday, August 2, 2009

New security for new iPhone

Computer security experts will present new security hole in Apple (AAPL) iPhone, which could be used for malicious hackers to spread computer viruses targeting smartphones.

According to the website QuickPWN, cybersecurity researcher Charles Miller appeared SMS hack six weeks and reported that to Apple, which has yet to respond to threats. Miller, A cybersecurity researcher Collin Mulliner explain your iPhone SMS cybersecurity attack today on the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.

This concern is that once it is established that the technique can be used with malicious intentions. The virus is in the form of text messaging or SMS, which stands for short messaging. This text will contain only one character square, reports say. If you have been such a text, turn off your iPhone by holding home and power buttons and move the red arrow in full screen or switch iPhone to airplane mode.
"This is serious. The only thing you can do to avoid off the phone," said Miller, according to Reuters. "It can be very quickly take the iPhone in the world with him."

A virus release will probably come from someone whose number must realize that the attacker would need to know your number to access the phone QuickPWN reported. Once a hacker access to your phone can operate from a distance.

Other shortcomings in the security of iPhone has been recently revealed as persons expert Jonathan Zdziarski was able to get beyond the iPhone 3GS passing PIN encryption and backup with relative ease over time Intenational Business Report today.

This is the first iPhone virus that we know DailyFinance. If successful a message that will be a big hit for Apple, which has for years expressed its Superior security as the main forces in the fight against Windows machines. As the top selling mobile phone since its release in two years, the security error or a series of questions about the iPhone may undermine the confidence of Apple has built with its customers. People in the Apple press conference on relations DailyFinance not give him a call for expressions.

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