It would be possible to trap documents pdf with a malware able to divert personal data stored in the smartphone.
The problem seems sufficiently serious so that Apple is not long in reacting officially. This Thursday, the very serious BSI, in charge of the safety of communication and information technologies in Germany launched an alarm on the discovery of a critical fault safety impacting all the terminals iOS and thus the iPhone.
Jailbreak
Indeed, it would be possible, through a trapped file pdf, to reach the significant data of the users like the banking infos, the SMS, emails or passwords. This fault in fact was discovered following the publication of a solution of jailbreak on line for the iPad 2. The latter exploits a vulnerability 0 day in the treatment of files pdf by iOS.
The vulnerability thus makes it possible to free the products of apple but not only thus…
Vis-a-vis this important threat, Bethan Lloyd, spokesman of Apple quickly stressed that the group worked actively with a corrective measure which will be proposed at the time of the next update of iOS. But no date was communicated.
While waiting for, the BSI advises to sail that on sites of confidence and invites the users not to open files pdf in the doubtful beginning.
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