(2 votes, average: 4 out of 10)
Loading ...Hacked: One iPhone
Well, that didn’t take long. While the rest of us were enjoying the warmer weather on Sunday, a group of researchers in the U.S. were busy trying to prove for once and for all that the iPhone is not a very safe device. Their next step: extortion.
According to the story published on IDG today, the flaw that allows hackers to steal any data from the device or even to turn it into a remote surveillance tool. Apple has not only been notified of the problem. The researchers have given the company less than two weeks to fix the bug before it is presented at the Black Hat conference on Aug. 2.
I can’t imagine another product launched with this level of scrutiny escaping without any possible vulnerabilities. Forcing Apple to comply with this ultimatum may force it to address its possible use as an enterprise device — or maybe look at whether it needs to contribute to next month’s Patch Tuesday updates.
