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.