engadget.com — Researchers at Independent Security Evaluators have used the vulnerability to take malicious control of the iPhone from rogue websites loaded with the exploit. Once in, researchers have full administrative access over the phone allowing them to listen in on room audio or snatch the SMS log, address book, call history, email passwords and more...
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zdigglerJul 23, 2007
is that thing running OSX?
robwilkensJul 23, 2007
I don't think it's worth the hackers time, only maybe 3 users are running safari in windows.
bobbyiJul 23, 2007
But not everyone is "a real expert". If you do the same against experts but better against novices, you are still better off overall. Security through obscurity isn't a replacement for real security, but that doesn't mean it has no value.
powerdriftJul 24, 2007
Virii isn't a word
sqpha7eJul 24, 2007
ownd
cfulpJul 24, 2007
He's right there was an article about it a few days ago. But, if the back door can be taken advantage of, obviously it's bad. Microsoft has a similar spying function in Vista, but haven't herd of anything taking advantage of it.
skinfitzJul 24, 2007
Absolutely, however it should never be relied upon as tomorrow you may no longer be obscure.
mrchinJul 24, 2007
still no proof and may be false. Check out TUAW's article about it.
dukeofburlJul 9, 2008
Wow. We all need to protect ourselves more with all this information shooting around. <a class="user" href="http://www.marketwithartemis.com">http://www.marketwithartemis.com</a>
franky76Sep 22, 2008
This is for sure, Apple people only tend to get excited for exploits that are actually causing harm, rather than academic exploits that may or may not work in the real world<a class="user" href="http://www.adidasshoess.com">http://www.adidasshoess.com</a>
pawas01Oct 15, 2008
Safari sucks, stick with Firefox<a class="user" href="http://www.shoesworld.us">http://www.shoesworld.us</a>