Apple + Security & Privacy

It’s almost become a tradition. Charlie Miller hacked the iPhone, winning his third consecutive prize in the competition. The past two years saw him crack Macs, but this year, he didn’t get to go first on the Mac, and was beaten out by a French security researcher. So, unable to attack the Mac, he chose to go after the iPhone, taking advantage of a vulnerability that allowed him to “run arbitrary code on the iPhone after visiting a specific Web page on the device. After the exploit fired, he was able to perform whatever action he chose on the iPhone.”