Black Hat: SMS Attacks Not Just for iPhones

Technologizer is reporting on the developing story on SMS attacks coming out of today’s Black Hat Conference sessions. Seems like while the iPhone is grabbing a lot of attention, nearly all GSM phones are said to be vulnerable. Basically, they get around the anti-spoofing defense and send notes designed to get access and take control of the phone.

On the iPhone specific side, however:

In a final coup for the conference, Lackey and Miras demonstrated an iPhone app they signal TAFT which can, at the visit of a few buttons, transmit various types of attacks against specific, vulnerable

phone models, including iPhones, and phones running the Windows Mobile 5 and pre-”cupcake” Android operating systems.

Vendors, including Apple are working on patching the exploit, though there is still no word which specific models or firmware versions are vulnerable.

More as the story continues to develop.

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Black Hat: SMS Attacks Not Just for iPhones