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13Dec

Security Flaw In Windows Phone 7.5 Kills The Messaging Hub (Video)

While most of the Windows Phone 7.5 operating system is playing catch up to Android and iOS, the Messaging Hub truly shines as a stand-out feature. It allows you to thread Facebook messages, IMs and texts all into one unified conversation — exactly what a messaging app should be.

The only problem is that there seems to be a security flaw that disables the Messaging Hub entirely, all from receiving one malicious text.

WinRumors first reported on it this morning, mentioning that the issue has already been reported directly to Microsoft. According to a video of the attack, the message itself isn’t displayed, but the alert tone/vibration occurs at which point the phone instantly reboots. After that, any attempt to open up the Messaging Hub will prove impossible. The attack can also occur with the receipt of a Facebook or Windows Live message.

WinRumors suspects that this isn’t a device-specific bug, but rather an issue with the Windows Phone OS. No word on a fix yet, but we expect to hear something out of Redmond very soon with regards to a fix.

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25Nov

Apple knew about iTunes spyware flaw for three years before fixing

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Ignored warning from security researcher in 2008

Apple knew about iTunes spyware flaw for three years before fixing

Apple took more than three years to patch a vulnerability in iTunes that could have allowed hackers and intelligence agencies install spyware on computers around the world.
The vulnerability in…

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25Nov

Apple knew about iTunes spyware flaw for three years before fixing

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Ignored warning from security researcher in 2008

Apple knew about iTunes spyware flaw for three years before fixing

Apple took more than three years to patch a vulnerability in iTunes that could have allowed hackers and intelligence agencies install spyware on computers around the world.
The vulnerability in…

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07Nov

Security researcher kicked out of iOS Dev program after publicly exploiting security flaw

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Charlie Miller, a researcher who specializes in finding security flaws in Apple products, found himself booted out of the iOS Developer programs after submitting an app to demonstrate his latest discovery. According to CNET, “Miller’s latest discovery was a security hole in iOS that let applications grab unsigned code from third-party servers that could…

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24Oct

Security Flaw With iPad 2 Uncovered

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By David Ponce

There are now two “security flaws” with iDevices. The quotation marks are there because one is real, the other isn’t. First about the one that isn’t real. You can make calendar appointments, email and text through Siri on an iPhone 4S even when it’s locked. This is not a security flaw, it’s a feature. You don’t like that feature, you can turn it off through the settings. The entire point of Siri is to not have to access your phone while it’s locked! Anyway, now onto the real security flaw and this one is on the iPad 2. Uncovered by 9to5Mac.com, the flaw is explained in the video above. If you can’t access it for some reason, here’s how it works.

When on the lock screen press the standby button until you see the red slider for powering off the device. At that point, close the Smart Cover and take it off again. Press cancel… and you’re in! Now you don’t have complete access to the iPad 2, only the last screen before going on standby. If that happens to be the main menu, you can scroll applications but you can’t launch them. The problem is if you were in the middle of an email, or browsing something private, then that will show. This is a big issue.

Of course the word will eventually spread and the gap closed in a software update, but until then here’s a little fix. Go to Settings in the General tab and disable Smart Cover Unlocking. That should do it until a fix is out.

[ 9to5Mac ] VIA [ Techcrunch Gadgets ]