A well-known iOS hacker who uses the handle “pod2g” revealed a flaw in Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS, that he says can be exploited to alter the “reply to” information in SMS messages. Such a tactic could be used by cybermiscreants to pry sensitive information from the recipient of a message or divert them to a malicious website. One of the problems with SMS messages is they only display the sender’s number, according to Derek Halliday, senior security product manager at Lookout Mobile Security.
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Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. August 20, 2012 06:00 AMA well-known iOS hacker who uses the handle “pod2g” revealed a flaw in Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS, that he says can be exploited to alter the “reply to” information in SMS messages. Such a tactic could be used by cybermiscreants to pry sensitive information from the recipient of a message or divert them to a malicious website. One of the problems with SMS messages is they only display the sender’s number, according to Derek Halliday, senior security product manager at Lookout Mobile Security.