Apple has released a security patch for the SMS implementation flaw we wrote about yesterday. The patch will repair the flaw that researchers Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner discovered in early July and demonstrated at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas yesterday.
The flaw will allow attackers to take control of your phone and hijack important information stored on your phone or shut it down all together. Apple was quick to respond to the conference demo yesterday.
The demonstration was late yesterday afternoon and the release was early this morning. I want so badly to write that they should’ve listened to Miller and Mulliner weeks ago when they brought it up, but even after this Apple still comes out smelling like roses.
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