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iPhone Vulnerability, Fix Coming on November 21st in Firmware 2.2?
macrumors.com - 11/20/2008
iPhone Vulnerability, Fix Coming on November 21st in Firmware 2.2?
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German publication Spiegel.de reports an newly announced iPhone vulnerability that can force a (potentially expensive) phone call to be made simply by visiting a webpage in Safari. The vulnerability was to be announced in ComputerBild on Monday bu...

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iPhone Vulnerability Exposed, Fix Coming Tomorrow in Firmware 2.2
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — MacRumors explains (via Spiegel.de) a newly exposed iPhone vulnerability that has been detailed in a press release today from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT). Apparently the exploit was supposed to be announced in ComputerBild.de Monday, however was detailed in the press release today. The exploit is said to be able to place a “(potentially expensive)” call simply by browsing to a specific webpage via Safari on the iPhone. SIT reports that Apple has been notified of the issue nearly ...

Apple iPhone vulnerability fix to be included in Firmware 2.2
Phones Review — ... visits a web page in Safari. The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology has detailed the vulnerability and has also produced a video exploit of the problem, to view the video please go here. The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology states that they notified Apple of this potential threat a month ago, and that Apple has said a fix for this vulnerability will come with the Apple iPhone Firmware 2.2 update release. Source – macrumors ...

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