SMS hole may allow remote access to iPhone

02 July 2009 @ 11:00 pm EDT

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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