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iPhone software update fixes SMS vulnerability
If you've got an iPhone, take the time this weekend to update your software to the latest version, 3.0.1. It doesn't have any flashy new features - sorry, no MMS just yet - but it closes a major security loophole that was made public at the Black Hat conference on Thursday. The exploit allows remote code execution on any iPhone, just by sending an SMS message.In theory, this vulnerability could have been used to take control of large numbers of iPhones and access a huge amount of personal info, but Apple says no iPhones have been compromised by the SMS vulnerability. There was apparently a similar exploit for Android phones, but Google issued a patch before the Black Hat presentation. The iPhone 3.0.1 update is free, and available through iTunes.
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You can either be red, blue, or yellow, and you can switch at any time during the game. Each color has different capabilities -- yellow can double-jump, while red has a longer dash (which is like a forward sprint, activated by double-pressing DOWN).
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DAJ said 2:42PM on 8-01-2009
"...sorry, no MMS just yet"
The iPhone has had MMS since 3.0. AT&T may not allow it yet, but over the 'pond' we have it
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Scott said 3:58PM on 8-02-2009
The update is free, available through iTunes, and 230 MB. Has Apple never heard of patching before?
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charlene said 7:25AM on 8-06-2009
yea AT&T doesnt "support" the MMS yet .. and it sucks that they dont
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wmclaxton said 8:43AM on 8-10-2009
Monopoly! And the iTunes application on Windows is awful.
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