Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable via SMS

Re:Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable via SMS by yan on Thursday July 02, 2009 @01:25PM (#684757)

I'll be waiting for the details of this one. I just love the idea of someone involuntarily paying $.25 to get rooted.

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Re:Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable via SMS by sounddust on Thursday July 02, 2009 @01:33PM (#684768)

If it's as as serious as the article claims, I'll be quite shocked. If someone were to release an iPhone worm that spreads via SMS, then Apple would be devastated.

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Re:Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable via SMS by grinich on Thursday July 02, 2009 @04:02PM (#685071)

But they would have better infrastructure to deal with it than any other cell provider. (iTunes, retail stores, etc.)

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Re:Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable via SMS by jonknee on Thursday July 02, 2009 @05:37PM (#685227)

Except that competing smartphones (BlackBerry, Android, Pre, etc) almost all do OTA updates which is more reliable and doesn't require the user to keep up to date on their computer.

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Re:Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable via SMS by drusenko on Friday July 03, 2009 @12:36AM (#685623)

Do you know for sure that the iPhone doesn't support OTA updates, or are you just guessing based on the fact that Apple hasn't done one yet?

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Re:Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable via SMS by lpgauth on Thursday July 02, 2009 @04:47PM (#685144)

I'm pretty sure AT&T could do some packet filtering and block those bad sms.

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Re:Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable via SMS by InkweaverReview on Thursday July 02, 2009 @05:03PM (#685169)

I'm sure AT&T would love that. Virus protection, now from AT&T, only $20 more per month to protect your iPhone.

I don't think I'd trust them to keep up with all the new threats.

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Re:Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable via SMS by maw on Thursday July 02, 2009 @07:19PM (#685371)

AT&T isn't the only carrier with iPhones, though. I can't imagine Telcel bothering, for example.

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