Serious iPhone Vulnerability Fixed

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A day after a major security issue was annnounced in the iPhone 3.0 software, Apple has released version 3.0.1: Apple Fixes Serious iPhone SMS Attack.

The SMS-based attack described at the Black Hat security conference allows a bad guy to gain complete control of an iPhone by sending a barrage of text messages in a sort of Denial of Service attack.

Needless to say, if you have an iPhone you’ll want to get this update right away. Go to the iPhone section of iTunes and hit the “Check for Update” button.

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53 comments
1 yochanan  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:08:58pm

can you hear me

2 CynicalConservative  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:14:10pm

Can you hear me now?

3 CyanSnowHawk  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:14:19pm

I read about this yesterday. Seems the guy that found it and was going to demonstrate it told Apple about it some time ago, and they appeared to be dragging their feet on the fix. One day after it's announced, there's a fix out.

/Being somewhat familiar with the software development process, I've gotta wonder if that fix is ready for prime time.

4 Erik The Red  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:18:13pm

Doing right now. Thanks for the update Charles.

5 Taqyia2Me  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:19:14pm

I'm still getting an I-phone as soon as possible...

6 itellu3times  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:21:13pm

I prefer a phone that does not involve holding a video screen to one's ear.

/trapped in a world I never made

7 itellu3times  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:22:40pm

Hey didja see this, our boy Al Franken goes all moonbat on T. Boone Pickens

[Link: www.politico.com...]

According to a source, the wealthy oil and gas magnate and author of “The First Billion Is the Hardest” stepped up to introduce himself to Franken in a room just off the Senate Floor after the lunch ended

Franken, who was seated talking to someone else, did not stand when Pickens said hello. Instead, Franken began to berate him about the billionaire’s financing of the Swift Boat ads in 2004.

According to a source, the confrontation grew heated.

8 reine.de.tout  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:24:25pm

Thanks for the heads-up, Charles.
Got the phone hooked up now.

9 Lincolntf  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:29:03pm

re: #7 itellu3times

Al Franken is the best and brightest that the Dems can offer. Tells me all I need to know.

10 itellu3times  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:31:33pm

re: #9 Lincolntf

Al Franken is the best and brightest that the Dems can offer. Tells me all I need to know.

Caligula made his horse a consul.

I'd prefer that, frankly. (sic)

11 CyanSnowHawk  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:31:39pm

re: #7 itellu3times

Hey didja see this, our boy Al Franken goes all moonbat on T. Boone Pickens

[Link: www.politico.com...]

Go ahead and piss off the really rich guy that backed the swift boat ads Al, see where that gets you at the end of your term.

12 CynicalConservative  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:34:11pm

re: #11 CyanSnowHawk

Go ahead and piss off the really rich guy that backed the swift boat ads Al, see where that gets you at the end of your term.

Reminds me of one memorable line in the movie "Hancock" (which I thought was terrible). "You really want to ride this train?"

I'll leave it at that.

13 Erik The Red  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:34:12pm

While I wait for this download this video is pretty cool.
Tal Motorbike Show

14 jcm  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:34:41pm

I have a old cell phone, it's polluting the frequency spectrum and gets really bad epm (electrons per minute).

I demand congress pass a Bucks for Bricks Bill so I can afford to upgrade!

15 yochanan  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:37:39pm

re: #10 itellu3times

the horse can't steal

16 gmsc  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:41:46pm

Speaking of hackers and electronic security, how're those smart parking meters working out for you, San Francisco?

Did they ever learn? No they never learned…

July 30, 2009, 04:47 PM — IDG News Service —

San Francisco’s ambitious plans to roll out computerized smart parking meters have hit a snag: They can be hacked for free parking.

Security researchers say that it is easy for a technically savvy hacker to make a fake payment card that gives them unlimited free parking…

Well, you can’t blame the dumb bastards … it’s not as if this was a known sort of security flaw in cheap-ass, stupidly-implemented, government-purchased payment systems.

(subject line hattip)

17 gmsc  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:44:05pm
Serious iPhone Vulnerability Fixed
TECHNOLOGY %P% Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 4:06:40 pm PDT

A day after a major security issue was annnounced in the iPhone 3.0 software, Apple has released version 3.0.1: Apple Fixes Serious iPhone SMS Attack.

The SMS-based attack described at the Black Hat security conference allows a bad guy to gain complete control of an iPhone by sending a barrage of text messages in a sort of Denial of Service attack.

Needless to say, if you have an iPhone you’ll want to get this update right away. Go to the iPhone section of iTunes and hit the “Check for Update” button.

Yet another reason I bought an iPod Touch instead of an iPhone.

18 CynicalConservative  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:46:00pm

I've got the iDontGetIt on the iWhateverItIs craze. Probably technology saturated.

19 doppelganglander  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:46:41pm

I don't have an iPhone. Look how much time and worry being poor saves me.

20 vxbush  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:51:40pm

re: #19 doppelganglander

I don't have an iPhone. Look how much time and worry being poor saves me.

I'm with you. I'd love to have one; heck, I'd love to have a Touch. But have no money either.

21 gmsc  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:53:41pm

re: #20 vxbush

I'm with you. I'd love to have one; heck, I'd love to have a Touch. But have no money either.

I set aside $7 every other day. I had one 4 months after I decided to do this. (Buying refurbished helped greatly).

22 vxbush  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:54:18pm

re: #21 gmsc

I set aside $7 every other day. I had one 4 months after I decided to do this. (Buying refurbished helped greatly).

Well, my birthday is coming up...

23 Shug  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:55:08pm

Does this explain why itunes has been so damned slow tonight?

I was trying to buy some Stan Getz and it's not letting me access my account.

wait, maybe the bad guys have already taken over my phone?

24 LionofDixon  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 4:58:02pm

re: #23 Shug

Whatever Stan wants, Stan Getz...

25 jordash1212  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:03:05pm

I jailbroke my phone. Gonna have to re-jailbreak once the new pwnage tool comes out.

26 Van Helsing  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:05:07pm

re: #11 CyanSnowHawk

Go ahead and piss off the really rich guy that backed the swift boat ads Al, see where that gets you at the end of your term.

Al who?

27 Erik The Red  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:05:47pm

I wish I knew how to unblock iTunes from my AVG. I have to disable my firewall every time I want to download anything. :((

28 vxbush  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:07:37pm

Ack...gotta go.

29 Vicious Babushka  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:07:58pm

re: #7 itellu3times

Hey didja see this, our boy Al Franken goes all moonbat on T. Boone Pickens

[Link: www.politico.com...]

I'm waiting for him to punch somebody.

30 Shug  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:10:20pm

re: #29 Alouette

I'm waiting for him to punch somebody.

I'm waiting for the counterpunch.

franken will go down like Monica Lewinski

31 CynicalConservative  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:10:58pm

re: #30 Shug

I'm waiting for the counterpunch.

franken will go down like Monica Lewinski

Brain bleach! Stat!

32 Racer X  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:16:08pm
Mysterious bright spot found on Venus

A strange spot emerged on Venus last week, and astronomers are not sure what caused it. They hope future observations will reveal whether volcanic activity, turbulence in the planet's atmosphere, or charged particles from the sun are to blame.

Amateur astronomer Frank Melillo of Holtsville, New York, first spotted the new feature, which is brighter than its surroundings at ultraviolet wavelengths, on the planet's southern hemisphere on 19 July. That same day, an amateur observer in Australia found a dark spot on Jupiter that had been caused by a meteoroid impact.

Aliens.

33 Idle Drifter  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:18:38pm

Don't text me, bro!

34 Van Helsing  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:20:09pm

re: #32 Racer X

Aliens.

That'd be my first guess, too.

35 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:21:21pm

re: #27 Erik The Red

I wish I knew how to unblock iTunes from my AVG. I have to disable my firewall every time I want to download anything. :((

You should be able to go to AVG, advanced settings, and then firewall (or firewall and then advanced).
Somewhere there is a list of programs, and you can add iTunes manually.
You can also look up the ports it uses and open them.

Unfortunately, I'm away from home and this laptop came with McAfee, so I can't look it up for you.

36 Eowyn2  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:21:29pm

re: #19 doppelganglander

I don't have an iPhone. Look how much time and worry being poor saves me.


You're enjoying your new freedom and frugality?

37 Eowyn2  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:22:37pm

re: #32 Racer X

Aliens.


Venus.

38 Racer X  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:24:34pm

Feeding cancers softens them up for attack

You would think the worst thing you could do to a cancer patient is to "feed" their tumour. Yet drugs that improve the blood supply to tumours can help hasten their destruction, new research has shown.

The hope is that by giving the drugs to sufferers as a pre-treatment, it will make their cancers more vulnerable to subsequent chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

The strategy has already had some success in patients with pancreatic cancer, and a larger trial is planned now that the mechanism by which it works has been demonstrated in mice.

39 Eowyn2  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:24:46pm

did the world end and nobody invited me?

40 CynicalConservative  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:26:15pm

re: #39 Eowyn2

did the world end and nobody invited me?

Its a very slow-post Friday evening.

41 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:27:59pm

re: #39 Eowyn2

did the world end and nobody invited me?

There is a sekrit thread that nobody knows about!
/

42 Racer X  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:29:24pm

re: #40 CynicalConservative

Its a very slow-post Friday evening.

We need a beer summit.

43 tradewind  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:32:17pm

re: #30 Shug

Frankly, he'd probably agree with you.

44 That's Mr. President to you  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:36:11pm

Well some of you may remember from last night how the folks at Budweiser were disappointed with the response from my drinking BudLight at the beer summit, and how they were thinking of making some less than flattering ads if I didn't generate more business for them.

Well this script for a new "Real Men Of Genius" ad was just sent to my BlackBerry -


Today we salute you, Mr. Post Racial President With a Chip On His Shoulder
(Mr. Post Racial President With a Chip On His Shoulder)
You don't do crude racial pandering like Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton
No - You're about keeping in on the down-lo with hope and change.
(Keeping it on the down-lo)
So when an amped up Professor from your past abuses a white cop and his Latino backup,
You know what to do - call the cops stupid!
(Callin' the cops stupid!)
You told the world that it ain't about police work, but racial profiling.
Sure it pissed some white people off, but you used their beverage - beer - to make it all go away.
(You made it go awayyayyy!)
So crack open an ice cold Bud Light, community organizer. 'Cause we all know - when the chips are down there's gotta be a stupid bigot somewhere that can be blamed.
(Mr. Post Racial President With a Chip On His Shoulder)

45 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:36:12pm

Jimmah redux. 3 Americans arrested in Iran.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

47 infopimp  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:40:12pm

230 MB? That's a pretty big "patch" - what else is in it, I wonder.

48 lincolntf  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 5:58:10pm

Anyone feel like telling me how incurring trillions of dollars worth of debt helps our economy?

Maybe I'm just slow, but I don't get it.

49 soccerdad  Fri, Jul 31, 2009 6:57:50pm

re: #47 infopimp

230 MB? That's a pretty big "patch" - what else is in it, I wonder.

OK...I'm plugged into Itunes, i've synched my phone like usual, I'm running the 3.0 Op sys on a 3g. I simply do not see where I can download a patch. Any help would be appreciated.

50 redc1c4  Sat, Aug 1, 2009 12:26:19am

re: #21 gmsc

I set aside $7 every other day. I had one 4 months after I decided to do this. (Buying refurbished helped greatly).

i think i'll do that to buy another gun or some more ammo...

i need an i-touch like i need a boob j*b.

51 redc1c4  Sat, Aug 1, 2009 12:26:58am

re: #49 soccerdad

OK...I'm plugged into Itunes, i've synched my phone like usual, I'm running the 3.0 Op sys on a 3g. I simply do not see where I can download a patch. Any help would be appreciated.

first off, you'll need a hammer, and a hard surface...

52 Armed  Sat, Aug 1, 2009 4:04:09am

re: #47 infopimp

230 MB? That's a pretty big "patch" - what else is in it, I wonder.

All the iPhone OS updates come in the form of a large file that is used to re-image the entire OS. It isn't likely that there is anything in the update other than the SMS fix, as the 3.1 release is rumored to be out in the next few months.

53 Armed  Sat, Aug 1, 2009 4:08:14am

re: #49 soccerdad

OK...I'm plugged into Itunes, i've synched my phone like usual, I'm running the 3.0 Op sys on a 3g. I simply do not see where I can download a patch. Any help would be appreciated.

Click on the "Check For Update" button in the iPhone sync window.


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