hothardware.com — "The SMS vulnerability allows an attacker to run software code on the phone that is sent by SMS over a mobile operator's network. The malicious code could include commands to monitor the location of the phone using GPS, turn on the phone's microphone to eavesdrop on conversations, or make the phone join a distributed denial of service attack...
Jul 2, 2009 View in Crawl 4
speedbmpJul 2, 2009
D'oh!
kkiranJul 2, 2009
Hmmmm, I am sure we will see an SMS initiated jailbreak and Unlock soon!
miraaJul 2, 2009
Where does is say it is getting patched? It says nothing of a forthcoming update. It just says that Apple is aware of the issue.That being said, obviously Apple needs to get on top of this. I just wonder how long it will take them. Remember the Java exploit on OS X? It took them forever to issue a patch!
wisedudeJul 3, 2009
If this is really just OSX running on a phone as Apple claims, can this vulnerability be exploited to gain control over a mac?
HotHardwareJul 3, 2009
Sounds feasible actually. Not good!
oehmer08Jul 6, 2009
I think I'll stick to my 5 year lag.
miraaJul 10, 2009
Do you often send SMS from your Macbook?