Hackers claim to untie Apple's iPhone from AT&T
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Hackers have found a way to use  Apple Inc's  iPhone on networks other than AT&T Inc's  , opening up the coveted device to rival carriers and  overseas customers, according to a Web report on Friday.
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(InfoWorld) - Apple's iPhone is a toughÂ target for hackers, but a security researcher warned Friday that there are ways the sleek device could potentially be compromised. TheÂ iPhoneÂ has no security software, but Apple doesn't let people load third-party programs on the device, reducing the risk of infection from malicious software. But when the iPhone is connected to the Web, possibilities emerge, said Marius van Oers, a security researcher with McAfee's AVERT Labs in Amsterdam. He doesn't claim to have uncovered a specific security hole in the device, but listed several ways thatÂ determined hackersÂ could use the Web to try to find a way in. Apple is relying on developers to create rich Web-based applications that will be accessed through the mobile version of the company's Safari Web browser. Browser flaws are a proven way for hackers to get unauthorized code running on a system, van Oers said. "It's fairly easy to send someone an SMS (Short Messaging Service) or an e-mail with a Web link," he said. "And once you go to the Web link, then that server can inject code into the iPhone, and if that happens, [a hacker] can have full control." That's what happened with aÂ Safari flawÂ found by Independent Security Evaluators, a company that detailed its findings at the Black Hat security conference in August. By constructing a malicious Web site, the researchers injected code into the iPhone and pilfered recent text messages, phone numbers and e-mail. Apple has since patched the flaw. "Once you get access to the system, it's all over," van Oers said. He presented his view ofÂ iPhone securityÂ Friday at the Virus Bulletin security conference in Vienna. Although he is based in Europe, he examined an iPhone purchased in the U.S. His view of the iPhone's security is more cautionary and speculative, but rooted in the well-known ways that hackers work. Apple also allows the use of JavaScript when the iPhone interacts with Web pages, a programming language that has been used to exploit software problems, van Oers said. Further, Apple's multimedia application QuickTime has been prone to trouble, and there are several proof-of-concept exploits circulating the Web now for version 7, van Oers said. How that proof-of-concept code could affect QuickTime on the iPhone remains to be seen. Nonetheless, with the iPhone already popular in the U.S. and due toÂ go on sale in EuropeÂ in about six weeks, Apple can expect more aggressive attempts by malicious hackers to meddle with it. Hacking mobile devices is less prevalent than hacking desktop computers. But interesting malicious programs have been written for mobiles, including some that repeatedly autodial or send text messages to a premium number. The number is owned by the hackers, who collect the revenue. The chance of those kinds of malicious software affecting the iPhone today is probably low, but "that's the future. Let's hope it will not come to that," van Oers said. Â
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InfoWorld - Hackers are&#160;working to unlock Apple&#39;s iPhone, but the job appears to be more difficult than initially expected.
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Two software-based hacks, as well as one that involves hardware modifications, are set to allow iPhone owners to swap in SIM cards from providers other than AT&T.
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A teenager in New Jersey has broken the lock that ties Apple's iPhone to AT&amp;T's wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones.
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Hackers claim 'very significant progress' toward making Apple's iPhone work with carriers other than AT&T.
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Hackers claimed significant progress Monday in the race to unlock the iPhone, but some say that some egos in the scene are getting in the way of getting the work done.
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iFraud Fraudsters have been busy at work exploiting the hype surrounding last week's launch of the Apple iPhone.â¦
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A hacker who figured out how to unlock the iPhone has traded an unlocked phone for a new car.
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A team of security experts said it has found a flaw in the iPhone handset that can be used to access private data stored on it.
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Hackers and researchers pore over Apple's iPhone in an effort to discover vulnerabilities in the handsets.
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More a prank than a threat Hackers have created Trojan horse malware targeted at Apple's much-hyped iPhone device.â¦
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D'oh Hackers might have gained access to the credit card details and personal information of up to 19,000 people after breaking into AT&amp;T's online store last weekend, the US telecoms giant said on Tuesday.â¦
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Hackers broke into one of AT&T   Inc.'s T.N computer networks and stole credit card data and   other personal information from several thousand customers who   shopped at the telecommunication giant's online store.
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Stuffs finger in waterfall UniquePhones has pulled its iPhone unlocking service after receiving calls from lawyers claiming to represent AT&amp;T and threatening to sure the Belfast-based firm for copyright infringement and illegal software dissemination.â¦
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Apple Inc.'s  iPhone may be  vulnerable to hackers due to a flaw that allows them to take  control of the device, according a report in the New York Times  on Monday.
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A company that refurbishes cell phones is giving a car to a hacker that figured out how to unlock the iPhone.