iPhone Vulnerability, Fix Coming on November 21st in Firmware 2.2?

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iPhone Vulnerability Exposed, Fix Coming Tomorrow in Firmware 2.2
Published 11/20/2008 by Aviv at MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News
MacRumors explains (via Spiegel.de) a newly exposed iPhone vulnerability that has been detailed in a press release today from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT). Apparently the exploit was supposed to be announced in ComputerBild.de Monday, however was detailed in the press release today. The exploit is said to be able to place a “(potentially expensive)” call simply by browsing to a specific webpage via Safari on the iPhone. SIT reports that Apple has been notified of the issue nearly ...

Apple iPhone vulnerability fix to be included in Firmware 2.2
Published 11/21/2008 by James at Phones Review
... visits a web page in Safari. The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology has detailed the vulnerability and has also produced a video exploit of the problem, to view the video please go here. The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology states that they notified Apple of this potential threat a month ago, and that Apple has said a fix for this vulnerability will come with the Apple iPhone Firmware 2.2 update release. Source – macrumors ...