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IPhone, iPad security hole shown

Mathew J. Schwartz

3/13/2013 1:54 PM EDT

IPhone and iPad users: Beware malicious profile configuration files.

That warning comes via Israeli mobile security startup Skycure, which Tuesday published a proof-of-concept research on the company's blog, showing how iOS mobileconfig files, which are designed to configure devices to work with a carrier's cellular network, could be used instead to remotely control an iPhone or iPad and steal data.

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