iPhone owners – watch your text messages today…
(image from nathanborror on Flickr)
Writing about the iPhone is becoming a worrying habit on here, but what can I say? I like technology, and the way some things have been done with the iPhone keep catching my attention. This latest one's a wee bit more serious than most of the stuff though.
Black Hat is this week. Black Hat is a nice big conference where a lot of people who fall on either side of the fence when it comes to IT security get together. The people who help stop people getting into systems, and the the people who like to get into systems.
Given that, what do you think a company should do if someone gives them a month's notice that they're going to reveal an exploit that allows remote control of their product?
The answer from Apple seems to be 'not patch it beforehand'. The end of that month's notice, and Charlie Miller's talk at Black Hat are today. Might be worth turning your phone off for a bit until people know what the score is. This spreads by seemingly blank text.
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