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SMS hole may allow remote access to iPhone

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02 July 2009 @ 11:00 pm ET

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Apple is working to fix the iPhones SMS messages vulnerabilities that may turns the device into a remote controllable device.

The vulnerability allows an attacker to remotely send malicious commands to monitor the phone's location, turn on its microphone, or cause it to join a distributed denial of service which has been revealed in an ongoing event SyScan conference in Singapore.

Apple is expecting to fix the bugs later this month.

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Howie Isaacks

Jul 3, 2009 10:40am

I'm not worried about this supposed security issue. Just because there's a possibility, it does not necessarily follow that this will happen.

lol

Jul 3, 2009 2:26pm

dont have an iPhone... lol... dont worry. hahaha

good

Jul 30, 2009 7:16pm

wow it was discovered almost a month.

Eagle Monster

Jul 30, 2009 8:15pm

Apple wake up! where's the patch? Its been almost a month... All iPhone users might end up using other phones if there's no any update firmware coming asap. lol

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