http://www.osnews.com/story/18368/Apple_Unloads_Torrent_of_Patches_Plus_First_iPhone_Update Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:07:26 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?259883 http://osnews.com/thread?259883 With malware for phones already around and more and more devices being networked - I'm not looking forward to the day when hackers can crash your fridge Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Laurence) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?259908 http://osnews.com/thread?259908 lol that made my day Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jburn) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?259916 http://osnews.com/thread?259916 "In addition, Apple will make a Mac-related announcement coming Tuesday."

I like the sound of that. Personally, I hope a new laptop of sorts, but I guess it would be something iMac or Leopard related. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rajan r) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?259920 http://osnews.com/thread?259920 """
'm not looking forward to the day when hackers can crash your fridge
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Come on. No use crying over spoiled milk. ;-)Edited 2007-08-01 13:16 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?259980 http://osnews.com/thread?259980 @ Laurence

With malware for phones already around and more and more devices being networked - I'm not looking forward to the day when hackers can crash your fridge

Don't you dare saying that! I'm a fridge fanboy... Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Governa) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?259984 http://osnews.com/thread?259984 Yeah, but they won't be able to crack my BSD Toaster! Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kroc) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?259996 http://osnews.com/thread?259996 Even OpenBSD has had two remote holes in the default install, enough to crash the fridge AND the freezer, I guess.Edited 2007-08-01 17:42 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fxer) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?260020 http://osnews.com/thread?260020 Doesn't LG not only have a fridge with a t.v. but a fridge with a browser? Maybe it's not a production product?

You could crash the fridge. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bousozoku) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?260034 http://osnews.com/thread?260034 10.4.10 was an absolute farce. Its broken more than it patched. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (spanglywires) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?260074 http://osnews.com/thread?260074 Never thought I'd see the day when my mobile phone would need a security patch.. Companies used to let their engineers conduct real engineering so the product was solid, rather than rush rush to catch the hype wave.

The testing department needs a good scrubbing too I think because they clearly did a poor job given how long it took the rest of us who had to start from the beginning to figure the iPhone's innards out.

Security and penetration testing?

Well done Apple..Edited 2007-08-01 21:35 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (flanque) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?260086 http://osnews.com/thread?260086 @ flanque

"Never thought I'd see the day when my mobile phone would need a security patch"

With Symbian devices you actually have to wait for a new OS version, meaning, buying another phone.

With Pocket PC devices it depends on the brand and model but most of the time you are left forever with the exploits, not all brands release utilities to flash/upgrade the OS.

The reality is most of the phones out there, be smartphones or not, do need security patches, but most of the time you won't get any.

I would prefer Apple's approach anytime. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Governa) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?260093 http://osnews.com/thread?260093 I'd prefer they work on they work on not allowing the problems to occur in the first place. The speed at which the holes in the iPhone were discovered makes me question just how much and the type of testing that went into the iPhone. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (flanque) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?260200 http://osnews.com/thread?260200 Then get a phone that doesn't use a W3C almost compliant web browser. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tyrione) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?260216 http://osnews.com/thread?260216 Never thought I'd see the day when my mobile phone would need a security patch.. Companies used to let their engineers conduct real engineering so the product was solid, rather than rush rush to catch the hype wave.

My Samsung A900 mobile phone has had at least 4 patches and it's not even a smartphone.

Apple's browser has had security fixes and that should be nothing new for anyone using a browser.

It's tough to do testing when you don't realise exactly what the general public will do with your product but Apple do have a typical release a few weeks after a product is updated, once issues have been reported. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bousozoku) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?260241 http://osnews.com/thread?260241 More appropiate imho if Apple would include adress space randomisation and stack/heap smashing protection such as *BSD,Vista,redhat,gentoo-hardened,etc have. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (netpython) Comments