IPhone vulnerable to hackers (first of many to come)
IPhone vulnerable to hackersBy John Schwartz, New York Times News Service July 23, 2007
A team of computer security consultants say they have found a flaw in Apple's popular new iPhone that allows them to take control of the device.
The researchers, working for Independent Security Evaluators, a company that tests its clients' computer security by hacking it, said that they could take control of iPhones through a WiFi connection or by tricking users into going to a website that contains malicious code.
The hack, the first reported, allowed them to tap the wealth of personal information the phones contain.
Although Apple built considerable security measures into its device, said Charles A. Miller, the principal security analyst for the firm, "Once you did manage to find a hole, you were in complete control." The firm, based in Baltimore, alerted Apple about the vulnerability and recommended a software patch that could solve the problem.
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