“That is the claim from iPhoneislam, which discovered the flaw this week,” Warren reports. “The method is a little tricky and involves inserting and ejecting the iPhone’s SIM card, leading to a bypass of the passcode and access to the phone app after several missed calls to the device.”
Warren reports, “Unlike previous iOS security flaws, the process needs to be performed a number of times and requires the “attacker” to know the victim’s phone number or have a spare SIM card handy.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: If this is the best “flaw” they can come up with, iOS’s security reputation is safe.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Brawndo Drinker" for the heads up.]
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