Educational Technology

July 16, 2011

iPhones, iPads may be susceptible to hackers

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:35 am

by eSchool News

With the security hole, an attacker can get malicious software onto a device by tricking its owner into clicking an infected PDF file. A new security hole has opened up in Apple Inc.’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, raising alarms about the susceptibility of some of the world’s hottest tech gadgets to hacker attacks. Flaws in the software running those devices came to light after a German security agency warned that criminals could use them to steal confidential data off the devices. Apple, the world’s largest technology company by market value, said Thursday that it is working on a fix that will be distributed in an upcoming software upgrade.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/07/08/iphones-ipads-may-be-susceptible-to-hackers/

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