It was only a matter of time until this would happen. While the exploit was discovered by three people from the security company Independent Security Evaluators, chances are the word will be getting out about this exploit soon. Before you know it, the general public will have the knowledge of being able to remotely steal information off of other people’s iPhones. Let’s just hope that Apple will develop a patch before any of this happens…

After countless researchers have spent weeks trying to break Apple’s new iPhone, three announced Sunday they have developed a proof-of-concept exploit for a vulnerability that would let a remote attacker steal information off the sought-after device.The three researchers — Dr. Charlie Miller, Jake Honoroff, and Joshua Mason — are members of the software security team at Independent Security Evaluators, an information security consulting firm. An advisory on the company Web site noted that Miller will present the full details of the iPhone exploit at the BlackHat USA Conference in Las Vegas on Aug. 2.

The advisory also reported that the researchers notified Apple about the flaw and proposed a fix that they could include in a future iPhone update. They noted that Apple responded and said it’s looking into it.

They also noted in their advisory that the vulnerability is present in both the Mac and Windows versions of the Safari Web browser, though it may not be exploitable there.[more]

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