Friday, June 13, 2008

iPhones: The Wi-Fi threat to business security

Security, Wi-Fi Protected Access, is an significant problem in the increasing use of the iPhones.
An Australian security expert has warned that enterprises will face new Wi-Fi security threats thanks to the rise of Apple's iPhone. Chris Gatford, senior security consultant for Pure Hacking, identified Wi-Fi as being a technology ripe to hack the iPhone, and said its exploitation for malicious purposes would only continue to grow : "Wi-Fi spots aren't encrypted ... nor is a great amount of the information you receive from Web 2.0 applications." He claimed that the use of Wi-Fi enabled spots will only increase the vulnerability of the iPhone.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39433601,00.htm?r=2

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