New iPhone Attack Kills Apps, Reroutes Web Traffic 125
Trailrunner7 sends in a threatpost.com article on exploiting flaws in the way the iPhone handles digital certificates. "[Several flaws] could lead to an attacker being able to create his own trusted certificate and entice users into downloading malicious files onto their iPhones. The result of the attack is that a remote hacker is able to change some settings on the iPhone and force all of the user's Web traffic to run through any server he chooses, and also to change the root certificate on the phone, enabling him to man-in-the-middle SSL traffic from that phone. ... Charlie Miller, an Apple security researcher at Independent Security Evaluators, said that the attack works, although it would not lead to remote code execution on the iPhone. 'It definitely works. I downloaded the file and ran it and it worked,' Miller said. 'The only thing is that it warns you that the file will change your phone, but it also says that the certificate is from Apple and it's been verified.'"
Heh (Score:5, Funny)
::cue "see, Apple isn't perfect" comments::
See? Apple isn't perfect!
Thank Ghod I run Windows (Score:5, Funny)
Oh my! These repeated iPhone & Mac attacks are making me happy I run MS-Windows on my *(@&!)Sw2
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IMPOSSIBLE (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Heh (Score:5, Funny)
Easy, just go to "jailbreaking for dummies dot com" enter you credit card, social security, and bank information. Then download the "MakeYourPhoneCooler.vbs" file to your PC. it will present you with complete directions to download and install the software to your iPhone. FREE WITH EVERY PURCHASE! Banned by Apple! STRIP Poker game!
Don't worry (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Don't worry (Score:1, Funny)
Nortan Anti-Virus software is now available for iPhone too.
Buying knock offs again, eh?
Thank goodness... (Score:4, Funny)
...the iPhone controls what software you're allowed to run, to keep it secure. Otherwise it would suffer from exploits like this one.
Re:Heh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Heh (Score:1, Funny)
Linux and MacOS are indeed invulnerable.
See? Now you have.
Re:Don't worry (Score:3, Funny)