Re: How to hijack 'every iPhone in the world'

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Details are being covered at
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/31/smart_phone_hijacking/

"....
The bug resides in CommCenter, a service that's responsible for handling SMS, wireless and other functions in the 
iPhone.
By default, it runs as root and isn't limited by an application sandbox. That makes it an ideal vector for taking 
control of the device.
What's more, the messages are delivered automatically and often aren't easy for users to block.
...."

Juha-Matti

der Mouse [mouse () rodents-montreal org] kirjoitti: 
> > "On Thursday, two researchers plan to reveal an unpatched iPhone bug
> > that could virally infect phones via SMS.  [...]
>
> Any betting Apple manages to get them gagged before they can present? :(
>
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