Apple has closed the iPhone security flaw that hackers were using to install third-party applications onto the closed handset.
United States of America (Press Release) November 5, 2007 --
Apple has closed the iPhone security flaw that hackers were using to install third-party applications onto the closed handset.
The vulnerability meant that simple scripts such as AppSnapp could unlock both the iPhone and iPod touch with a single tap.
App Snapp developer Nicholas Penree believes that the script has been installed on around 100,000 devices.
Having initially resisted third-party access to its touchscreen devices, Apple relented last month and announced that a software development kit will be available from February 2008.
As well as closing the TIFF flaw, the new software is also likely to disable current hacks that enable the iPhone to be used with unofficial network operators.
iPhone units distributed to UK reviewers ahead of Friday's launch are running version 1.1.2 of the iPhone software which includes a fix for the TIFF vulnerability discovered in v1.1.1.
Source: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/
The vulnerability meant that simple scripts such as AppSnapp could unlock both the iPhone and iPod touch with a single tap.
App Snapp developer Nicholas Penree believes that the script has been installed on around 100,000 devices.
Having initially resisted third-party access to its touchscreen devices, Apple relented last month and announced that a software development kit will be available from February 2008.
As well as closing the TIFF flaw, the new software is also likely to disable current hacks that enable the iPhone to be used with unofficial network operators.
iPhone units distributed to UK reviewers ahead of Friday's launch are running version 1.1.2 of the iPhone software which includes a fix for the TIFF vulnerability discovered in v1.1.1.
Source: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/
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