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Security Researchers Hacked Iphone
The University of Luxembourg's Ralf-Philipp Weinmann and Zynamics' Vincenzo Iozzo chained existing code bits using the "return-into-libc" or "return-oriented-programming" technique to compromise the iPhone during the PWN2OWN hacking contest in Vancouver, Canada.
The security researchers were able to bypass the iPhone's code signing and data execution prevention technologies a year after previous contest participants were unable to hack into the device. Iozzo and Weinmann were able to execute code on the iPhone when a user visits a malicious Web site, and the attack code steals the iPhone’s SMS database.
From University of Luxembourg
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