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Apple iPhone v1.0.1 Update Now Available

Posted by kdawson on from the more-better-security dept.

The Webguy writes "Apple has released the first update for the iPhone. Updated components in the v1.0.1 update include Safari, the WebCore, and the WebKit. Quoting from the Apple Knowledge Base, the 'update is only available through iTunes, and will not appear in your computer's Software Update application, or on the Apple Support Downloads site.'" One source speculated that Apple wanted to get fixes in users' hands ahead of the Black Hat conference where details of early iPhone vulnerabilities could be revealed.

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  1. hmmm or not by sam_paris · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I just plugged my iphone in as soon as I saw this story and I dont see any update 1.01...

  2. oops by sam_paris · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ok I have it now, but rather worryingly, half way through installation the process has stalled and my phone is currently ibricked :(

  3. Interesting... by Anonymous+Freak · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The first step after hitting go involves the iPhone going into a "Software Update" screen, then immediately going to an Apple logo with progress bar. On the computer, while the progress bar is going by, is displayed "Verifying Current iPhone Software"... Does this mean it's checking the existing install to make sure it's not hacked?

    Anyone with a hacked iPhone try this yet, and if so, any problems? I expect any hacks will have to be re-applied (or even re-discovered, if the hole that allowed them was patched.)

    (I haven't hacked my iPhone yet, but I would like to make sure Apple doesn't lock hacked ones out of updates.)

    --
    Another non-functioning site was "uncertainty.microsoft.com."
    The purpose of that site was not known.
  4. iPhone doesn't charge after update? by HighBit · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is anyone else seeing this? My iPhone will not charge via the wall adapter after applying the update. Charging from the computer works fine, but I get nothing when it's plugged in via the wall adapter.

  5. Freedom activists? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So where's the Defective by Design tag that gets attached to every Microsoft product that has artificial limitations?

  6. In Your Face "Enterprise" iPhone Bashers by gig · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is the first time ever that a vulnerability has been found in a smart phone and it's been patched ahead of the public demo of the exploit.

    There is this meme that the iPhone is not ready for the enterprise because it doesn't have MAPI and special I-T management tools. Yet here we have the first vulnerability in the iPhone and it is promptly patched through a system that will distribute the patches very quickly and easily. A stark contrast to other mobiles. There are multiple holes in Symbian and of course Windows Mobile that remain completely unpatched. Nobody knows when that is going to change. For all the enterprise bluster around those systems they are not patching zero-day exploits.

    There are many reasons that the Mac is more secure than Windows, but a big reason is that OS X is such a moving target. Every quarter for 5 years there has been a new version which updates itself automatically. Exploits are made less valuable not just because of the smaller user base than Windows, but also because of the short shelf life of each OS version. The vast majority of Mac users are using the very latest OS and have all the patches applied even though the vast majority of Mac users have no I-T staff and no I-T skills.

    When the iPhone first shipped and people started hacking it, there was a lot of talk then that every hack may be temporary, a software update could come down through iTunes at any time and reset the game. There is nothing like that protecting any other mobile.

    1. Re:In Your Face "Enterprise" iPhone Bashers by goodmanj · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The whole point was they don't need to, because it's easily handled by the user. Less IT work is a good thing, if you can just release your claws a little from grasping everything that comes within reach. If I can jump on the bandwagon again here, let me tell you a story.

      Once upon a time, in the distant '80s, there was a large research lab. This lab did a lot of work with computers. The computers of the day were giant VAXen which filled a basement room, with tentacles reaching out to terminals in users' offices throughout the building. The computers was complicated and confusing, and an army of highly trained, very smart support people worked on them. These high priests and acolytes lurked in the basement, worshipping the VAX god and interpreting its prophecies to the users. They did this job well.

      But the users looked at the sacrifices they were making to the VAX god and its acolytes, and realized, "I can get much more done with far less money if I buy a small workstation for my office." The priests in the basement said, "but we won't be able to control and service the machine. What will you do when it breaks?" The users replied, "I'll buy a new one. They cost as much as two days of your salary." Lo, the priests in their basement temple feared for their jobs, feared that their great god, the source of their power, would be lost forever.

      The priests were right, up to a point. The workstation users discovered viruses, and hackers, and spam, and the rest of the ten plagues of the Internet. They learned to do some of the work the priests once did on the VAX. But the new workstations were so much cheaper, and so much easier to use and maintain, that they found it a fair trade. The great VAX was cast out of the basement, and died the sad death of all forgotten gods, but the priests met a happier ending. The eldest took a generous early retirement; the neophytes re-trained, and learned to serve the new pantheon of desktop workstations. By letting go, by giving up their ability to control and manage and dominate, the priests made their users happier and more productive, and saved the lab a hell of a lot of money. ...

      Then, one day, in the empty, dusty temple where the VAX god was once worshipped, the first Beowulf clusters sprouted. And as they grew and spread their tentacles, a new breed of priests arose to serve them...