Alas; The iPhone is Hackable
July 24, 2007 by Lauren
Thought the iPhone was perfect (or perhaps just Apple)? It's often perceived that these devices are immune to viruses or hacks. Apparently, the iPhone is vulnerable. The New York Times has been so kind as to inform us that these fantastic phones can, indeed, be attacked by hackers.
The word is, there's a flaw with the device that presents hackers with the oh-so tempting opportunity to take over your phone. Independent Security Evaluators tells us there are two ways this can be done. Short and sweetly, those ways are:
Method One. The first way an iPhone can get hacked is through its Wi-Fi.
Method Two. The second way to hack an iPhone is by conning its user to visit a website that contains special code that would open up a door for hackers to enter.
The researchers at Independent Security Evaluators, who literally hack for a living, have been testing these theories. They've been able to retrieve personal information from the phones. Naturally, Apple reminded us how seriously they take security and they've ensured us that they'd take a long, hard gander at the submitted report. So far, there have been no actual reports of hacked iPhones.
Wait...what? Well, now that we've told everyone how to hack these phones, you may want to be extra careful until the bugs are worked out. Hopefully, Apple will come up with a fix soon that should guard the phone completely. The good news is, that's only two ways.
That said, it does seem more likely that your phone will simply get swiped the old fashioned way. This would be easier anyway, and there have been reports of such. Not only is it small, it's on fire right now and no doubt very appealing to crooks. Either way, take precautions and bear in mind that you have portions of your life saved to this little slab of a gadget.
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