One of the top features of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch is that their app store is supposedly 100% safe. This has been proven to be false. An iDevice hacker (and developer), Charlie Miller, has recently found a bug which allows the app to place unsigned code in the memory, and then run it. This is a simple workaround to apples main line of defense. Any app needs a required signature from Apple in order to run. Basically, this exploit could be used to install malicious software, without ANYBODY ever knowing about it.
Apple App Store Isn't So Safe After All
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Seeded on Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:41 AM
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