Bad hackers, I mean, not the ones who just want to unlock their iPhones and install unauthorised applications. No, EVIL hackers are apparently targeting the iPhone, according to a ‘vulnerability forecast’ from Arbor’s Security & Engineering Response Team. They sound a bit Thunderbirds, don’t they? I imagine uniforms and sirens are involved.
Anyway, ASERT have put together a list of predictions about what devices, services and sites will be the biggest targets for cybercriminals in 2008, and iPhone occupies top spot in their chart. Apparently, they’re likely to be so-called “drive-by” attacks where nasty coding embedded into images or other media will Mess With Things on the iPhone when loaded in its Safari browser.
I’m not quite sure how this would work, and presumably Apple will have a crack response team of its own patching any Safari vulnerabilities as soon as they’re identified. But I’d agree with ASERT’s opinion that the reason iPhone is being targeted by so many hackers is its security – they want the kudos of being the first to crack Apple’s handset for nefarious purposes.
(via GameShout)
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