iPhone Hacked In Under 60 Seconds Using Malicious Charger

DavidGilbert99 writes "Apple's iOs has been known as a bastion of security for many years, but three researchers have now shown iPhones and iPads can be hacked in just under 60 seconds using nothing more than a charger. OK, so it's not just a charger — but the Mactans charger does delete an official app (say Facebook) replacing it with an official-looking one which is actually malware which could access your contacts, messages, emails, phone calls and even capture your passwords. Apple says it will fix the flaw, but not until the release of iOS 7, the date of which hasn't been confirmed yet. So watch out for chargers left lying around ..." (For less in the way of auto-playing video ads with sound, check out the Mac Observer's take, which concludes "[I]t's nifty that Apple is addressing the issue in iOS 7. We'd also like to see it fixed in iOS 6. Apple has historically seen iPhone users upgrade to the newest version iOS in staggeringly high numbers, but eliminating this problem across the board seems the wiser choice.")

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The jokes just write themselves

[safetyinnumbers]

delete an official app (say Facebook) replacing it with an official-looking one which is actually malware which could access your contacts, messages, emails

Re:user's brain gets hacked,

[Anonymous Coward]

If they're using an iPhone, they already succumbed to brain hacking by Apple's marketing.

Bogus summary

[93 Escort Wagon]

If this charger deletes the Facebook app, I don't think that qualifies as "malware".