iPhone could be vulnerable to attack

Apple’s Macintosh is renowned for its nearly virus-proof operating system. But a report in today’s New York Times suggest that the company’s iPhone (built on that same operating system) might not be quite as secure. A former employee with the NSA had his iPhone log on to a custom-built website. The site then “injected a bit of code into the iPhone that then took over the phone.” The phone sent off a raft of recent text message and other files. The story notes that the exploit could even turn the phone into a “portable bugging device.” The New York Times pointed its readers to a detailed site — with a name that speaks for itself: ExploitingTheiPhone.com.