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Video: Hacking the iPhone from the Fast Company Magazine

Categories: Apple, Devices, iPhone
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 at 4:29 AM

Fast Company sent an iPhone to UNIX specialist and consultant Rik Farrow and commissioned him to crack through its defenses. Using the popular platform for testing security systems H D Moore’s Metasploit, Farrow was able to take complete control of an iPhone, even demonstrating the ability to eavesdrop on conversations, intercept voice mail and email, and upload nefarious software programs. According to him, to hack Apple’s handset, “physical access to an iPhone is not required.” In addition, he pointed out this is NOT just an iPhone’s vulnerability — most today’s smartphones (including those based on Windows Mobile, Linux and Symbian mobile operating systems) are not immune to this. Scary…

Anyway, here’s the video.

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • H3n3k

    Too bad for all iPhone owners. I would however be really interested if someone managed to do this with a Symbian phone though (as was hinted possible by the author of the post). Platform Security in all Symbian OS phones make this _very_ difficult…

  • fenris

    ..except you need to install that application first. And real mobile device OSs do not allow even monitor- level programs to install new components without user confirmation, if at all.