*Source: ComputerWorld (
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...tsrc=hm_list)*
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July 26, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- With security researchers set to reveal details of a critical security flaw in the iPhone at the Black Hat 2007 (
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-...-07-index.html) conference next week, Apple Inc. now has fewer than seven days to patch a critical vulnerability in the product.
The iPhone hack is one of several disclosures planned that could lead to fireworks as more than 3,000 hackers and security professionals converge at Caesars Palace Las Vegas for the annual confab.
The iPhone hack, which was first reported (
http://www.securityevaluators.com/iphone/) Monday by Independent Security Evaluators, showed how hackers could retrieve data from a victim's iPhone, by tricking them into visiting a malicious Web site.
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