iPhone Security Problems?

Security on the iPhone
According to CNET, "Researchers at Independent Security Evaluators have announced at least two exploits that take advantage of the way the Apple iPhone opens a specially crafted Web page in Safari. Exact details of the vulnerability exploited will have to wait until a presentation at the end of next week's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas":

In a preliminary draft of the Black Hat presentation, ISE researchers Charlie Miller, Jake Honoroff, and Joshua Mason note that there are "serious problems with the design and implementation of security on the iPhone," and they single out the fact that most processes run with administrative privileges.

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A second exploit developed by the researchers... (could be used to) turn on the microphone to eavesdrop remotely on conversations within the room.

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