iPhone Vulnerable To Hacker Attacks

Published:2010/12/8 2:19:00 Author:Michelle From:SeekIC

Security experts have uncovered flaws in Apple’s iPhone that hackers can exploit to take control of the popular device, using the tactic for identity theft and other crimes. Users need to be warned that their iPhones are not entirely secure and Apple should try to repair the vulnerability as soon as possible, they said at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, one of the world’s top forums for exchanging information on computer security threats.

It prevents users from making calls, accessing the internet and exchanging text messages, they added. The researchers showed the audience how to break into iPhones by sending computer code via the phone’s SMS system. They said that the phone’s users cannot detect that it is receiving the malicious code.

They have successfully tested the hacks on iPhones running on networks of four carriers in Germany along with AT&T in the US. They said they believed the methods will work with iPhone carriers around the world. Related chip is:OPB606 .

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