iPhone owners could be at risk of having their mobiles hacked after two researchers reveal their findings at a conference in Las Vegas.
Security experts Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner have found a flaw in the way the device handles text messages which could allow hackers complete control of the phone.
The hack would come in the form of a burst of SMS messages which contain a single square character.
They would let the hacker control dialling the phone, visiting websites, the phone’s camera and also sending texts to other iPhones, allowing control of them as well.
Mr Miller said: “This is serious. The only thing you can do to prevent it is turn off your phone.
“Someone could pretty quickly take over every iPhone in the world with this.”
Mr Mulliner told Sky News Online: “In the business world this could have high value, if you could stop decision makers making or receiving phone calls.
“Mobile security is really taking off so we are just the first to discover this bug. There is no way this would have stayed secret.”
Mr Miller will reveal the flaw in the Apple phone during a speech to the Black Hat cybersecurity conference today.
He claims to have told Apple about the potential bug over a month ago, but the company still hasn’t released a patch to combat the potential hacks. (Via Sky)
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