New security flaw found in iPhone
Friday, 05 February 2010, 15:09 IST   |    2 Comments
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New security flaw found in iPhone
Bangalore: To help enterprise businesses setup a bunch of iPhones as quickly as possible, iPhone allows settings configuration files to be installed over-the-air through Safari. Once it gets installed, hackers redirect all traffic through a server of their choosing. It is also used to wreak havoc on WiFi/e-mail settings, and disable the use of Safari, mail and a handful of other first-party iPhone apps. On top of that it is possible to set the configuration file so that the user can't remove it - so once it's installed, getting it off the handset would require a full wipe, reports Mobile Crunch. While installation, iPhone tells users that who it's from and whether or not it's a trusted source, but experts say that the anonymous hackers reporting the flaw, not only make the configuration file report back as verified, but also indicate that it was straight from 'Apple Computer' themselves.

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