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Apple iPhone Launches New Software To Prevent Hackers
01 Aug 2009
Apple Inc has released an iPhone software patch to fix a critical software bug uncovered by two independent researchers that makes the device susceptible to secret attacks by hackers.
Customers need to download the patch onto their computer using iTunes, and then install it on their iPhone by connecting the device to the computer.
News of the flaw surfaced when researchers Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner discussed the vulnerability at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, one of the world's most prominent security conventions. They found the bug while looking for vulnerabilities in the SMS communications system, which mobile devices use to send and receive text messages along with software upgrades.
There's a real urgency for people to update their iPhones because of this wave of publicity.
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apple, iphone, iphone software patch, hackers
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