appleinsider.com - 11/21/2008
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Germans documenting an exploit that forces an iPhone to dial an unwanted number have also potentially tipped users off to the imminent release of Apple's widely anticipated 2.2 firmware upgrade.
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iPhone 2.2 Release May Come Tomorrow, Says Fraunhofer Institute [Apple]
Gizmodo —
... link. Clicking on the link will open a web site. But suddenly, the iPhone will start calling a phone number without any user intervention. The worse thing is that you can't stop the call, as the cellphone will be gray while the number is dialed. (...) Even amateurs could easily develop a criminal exploit. The Fraunhofer Institute says that a similar vulnerability was discovered last month and patched, "but obviously was not enough." [Fraunhofer SIT via Apple Insider]
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iPhone 2.2 Release May Come Tomorrow [Apple]
Gizmodo —
... link. Clicking on the link will open a web site. But suddenly, the iPhone will start calling a phone number without any user intervention. The worse thing is that you can't stop the call, as the cellphone will be gray while the number is dialed. (...) Even amateurs could easily develop a criminal exploit. The Fraunhofer Institute says that a similar vulnerability was discovered last month and patched, "but obviously was not enough." [Fraunhofer SIT via Apple Insider]
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iPhone firmware 2.2 pour aujourd’hui
w3sh magazine —
D’après les sites AppleTalk et Gizmodo, le nouveau firmware 2.2 pour l’iPhone devrait être disponible en téléchargement aujourd’hui. En effet, l’information provient de l’Institut Fraunhofer pour la sécurité de l’information qui souligne une faille de sécurité qui obligerait votre iPhone à composer un numéro (souvent surtaxé) quand ce dernier visite une page web. Apparemment, le firmware 2.2 corrigerait cette faille.
Vous pouvez voir une vidéo de la faille en action sur ce lien. ...
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