IPhone Hack Allows Attackers 'Complete Control'

Computer security testing company, Independent Security Evaluators [ISE], says it has found a flaw in the iPhone which gives a hacker full control over the device. By redirecting a user's browser page to a web page containing malicious code, through a standard WiFi connection, ISE was able to gain full operational control over the iPhone in question and, downloading private text messages and even recording conversations occurring in the room. According to ISE's principal security analyst, former NSA employee Charles A. Miller, “Once you did manage to find a hole, you were in complete control... We can get any file we want." There is as of yet no evidence the hack has been exploited in a working iPhone. Apple responded to ISE's report: "Apple takes security very seriously and has a great track record of addressing potential vulnerabilities before they can affect users. We’re looking into the report submitted by I.S.E. and always welcome feedback on how to improve our security."

Sources: New York Times, Security Evaluators.com
Commentary: iPhone: A Look Inside • Apple Stock Will Hit $205 On iPhone Strength - Piper • Does Apple's iPhone Live Up to Its Hype?
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Earnings call transcripts: Apple F2Q07 (Qtr End 3/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Related: iPhone Online • Independent Security Evaluators

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Comments

[Jon T:]

Is it just me, or is the shadow of the iPhone in that carefully laid out video a little odd. Is the iPhone so much thicker than the other articles it is compared to?

Call me suspicious, but that is what the material from some people desperate for attention on the internet do to one.

2007 Jul 23 11:36 AM

[Dan Poarch:]

It would be enlightening if thise post quoted the very end of the NY Times article:

<blockquote cite=""> Mr. Rubin said, “I will think twice before getting on a random public WiFi network now,” but his overall opinion of the phone has not changed.

“You’d have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands to get it away from me,” he said. </blockquote>

Just saying, have to present a balanced story.

2007 Jul 23 12:30 PM

[clntelkins:]

when is iphone goinn to get the bugs! out of iphone upgrade previous verision to new and better iphone add other carrier to go world wide?? i'm lossing my ASS with the stock trading down! sign me INVESTOR

2007 Jul 23 12:52 PM