Design Article
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.
Click to read the rest of this story on InformationWeek.
Click to see information on the Black Hat Summit at DESIGN West.
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.
Click to read the rest of this story on InformationWeek.
Click to see information on the Black Hat Summit at DESIGN West.
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