Apple + Security & Privacy

Could it be that while issuing security updates for Mac OS X, Apple has forgotten to do the same for the iPhone and the iPod touch? According to a Washington Post article, Apple is four months behind with security fixes for Safari. Reporter Brian Krebs talked to security researcher Charlie Miller, who pointed out that the iPhone hasn’t been updated since February, in spite of a number of security vulnerabilities in mobile Safari. Miller said that he knows an exploit that can allow an attacker to “steal the victim’s call records or contacts, send text messages or read the user’s sent and received messages, and make outgoing calls, among other things.” Krebs suggests that the delay could have something to do with next week’s introduction of iPhone 2.0, but security issues should still be fixed as soon as possible. Apple may be putting its mobile users in danger by not issuing updates.