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Security Update Seeks Out, Erases Modifications To iPhone

It would seem that the new iPhone update actually seeks out any modifications made to the firmware by the end user and then wipes them out. The good news for hackers is that the security update does not break any of the tools that have come out made so far.

The iPhone v1.0.1 update primarily addresses a security flaw uncovered in the handset's Safari browser that was to be detailed Thursday at the Black Hat 2007 conference in Las Vegas. That vulnerability, uncovered by researchers at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), allows an attacker to access data and applications on the phone from a Wi-Fi access point or a malicious Web site.