Apple D-Day. The iPhone Virus is coming.

Fanatic iPhone users should already have heard of this by now. Charlie Miller who is an iPhone Hacker released details about the first ever iPhone virus in the world of telecommunications. In summary, Miller and his team discovered a security vulnerability in the iPhone SMS messaging system and reported it to the Apple dev team to fix it up. Unfortunately, Apple has not uploaded a patch yet for this security vulnerability. Miller and cybersecurity expert, Collin Mulliner, will both be revealing more information about the SMS exploit at the Blackhat Cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas.

Is this iPhone virus a real threat?

The unique thing about this iPhone Virus is that it does not require the user to download any file, it only needs your contact number so anyone is vulnerable to the iPhone virus. The attack starts by corrupting the memory of the iPhone which handles SMS messages. However in order for the virus attack to work, the hacker must send hundreds of SMS control messages with only the initial ones being actually visible. If your iPhone is infected by the virus then this actually puts your phone and its detail at risk because the hacker can do whatever he like with it. For example, he can make phone calls, steal data and send text messages.

How to detect the iPhone Virus

Details about the iPhone Virus has just been released therefore there is not much to help you detect the iPhone Virus. The first thing you should do is turn on Airplane mode so that it cannot send or receive any calls or messages. Either that or you must turn off your iPhone until a patch is released by Apple which fixes the security vulnerability.