Leave a Comment

Another report points to tomorrow for the iPhone 2.2 update
VentureBeat — ... for the iPhone 2.2 software update is legitimate. But another report surfacing today also points to that date as likely for the launch of the new software, according to AppleInsider. ...

iPhone 2.2 Release May Come Tomorrow, Says Fraunhofer Institute [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... link. Clicking on the link will open a web site. But suddenly, the iPhone will start calling a phone number without any user intervention. The worse thing is that you can't stop the call, as the cellphone will be gray while the number is dialed. (...) Even amateurs could easily develop a criminal exploit. The Fraunhofer Institute says that a similar vulnerability was discovered last month and patched, "but obviously was not enough." [Fraunhofer SIT via Apple Insider] ...

iPhone 2.2 Release May Come Tomorrow [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... link. Clicking on the link will open a web site. But suddenly, the iPhone will start calling a phone number without any user intervention. The worse thing is that you can't stop the call, as the cellphone will be gray while the number is dialed. (...) Even amateurs could easily develop a criminal exploit. The Fraunhofer Institute says that a similar vulnerability was discovered last month and patched, "but obviously was not enough." [Fraunhofer SIT via Apple Insider] ...

iPhone 2.2 Tomorrow?
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — 2.2 Appleinsider reports that a German security firm may have stumbled upon the release date for iPhone firmware 2.2. Lucky for us, that date could be tomorrow. the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure information released information about security hole that would allow malicious code to be placed on a website and allow a phone number be dialed with the iPhone. The institute noted that only three lines of code are necessary to exploit the security code. Apple was informed of the exploit a month ago, and Fraunhofer claims that security update will be available November 21. Apple ...

iPhone firmware 2.2 pour aujourd’hui
w3sh magazine — D’après les sites AppleTalk et Gizmodo, le nouveau firmware 2.2 pour l’iPhone devrait être disponible en téléchargement aujourd’hui. En effet, l’information provient de l’Institut Fraunhofer pour la sécurité de l’information qui souligne une faille de sécurité qui obligerait votre iPhone à composer un numéro (souvent surtaxé) quand ce dernier visite une page web. Apparemment, le firmware 2.2 corrigerait cette faille. Vous pouvez voir une vidéo de la faille en action sur ce lien. ...

The iPhone’s midnight update
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 — ... iPhone 2.2 contains dozens of fixes and improvements — most of which had been telegraphed in advance through leaks from the developer community. Apple’s handy checklist: ...