Final Cut: Toradora! Part 1 DVD
Keep It or Trade It?: Madden NFL 11 (PS3)
Keep It or Trade It?: Trinity Universe (PS3)
Read or Recycle? Gantz Vol. 1
Read or Recycle? Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol. 1
Over at G4, they are reporting that at the BlackHat conference on hacking and security today (July 30th), Charlie Miller and Collin Milliner, two “cybersecurity researchers,” are unveiling a way to hack the iPhone via the text message feature. Essentially, there is a way to abuse the SMS message system to gain access to virtually all controls of an iPhone. Once the phone is hacked, the phone can be dialed remotely, search websites, and even send texts that would further distribute the virus. While Apple has been aware of this exploit, they have yet to release a patch to fix it. Right now, the only way to ensure it can’t happen is to shut it off; which may not be a viable option for everyone. I don’t have much more detail on the matter yet, but I will keep my ear to the ground on this one.
UPDATE: Over at ChannelWeb, there is a report that Apple will be distributing a security patch within the week. While the article is of British origin, and thus references O2, the British carrier for iPhones, I see no reason the patch wouldn’t work with AT&T in the US, NTT DoCoMo in Japan or any of the other carriers around the world. So, grab your patch as soon as it comes out, and stop worrying.
Kiraman Katibin on 31 Jul 2009 at 6:15 pm #
There is no technical reason it shouldn’t work but as we’ve seen many a time (with Region lock outs on Movies, Music, and all other sorts of electronics and software) that does not mean there are not Patent/Copy rights or just straight up bullshit that will prevent this from getting to everyone.