So there is an iPhone virus out there. And it was created by Charlie Miller, the head analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, to show the big boys at Apple that they had better get their act together before something much more dangerous comes along. Because if a good-guy programmer can find the chinks in the iPhone's armor, then what will the bad guys find? And how can you prevent yourself from future infection?

Mr. Miller learned that through the use of a malformed SMS message (a simple text message), the iPhone becomes confused and, in this confused state, it will process data within the message improperly, which would allow the iPhone and all data stored in it to become vulnerable to a remote hijacking. Through this window, a remote hijacker could gain complete control over your phone. They could watch you type text messages, input bank passwords, type emails, and so on. Not good.

Placed in the hands of a person skilled in the practice of programming for smart phones, millions of iPhones, Android phones and phones running Windows Mobile are at risk. And the scariest part is that this vulnerability could be combined with a remote command to install malware on the phone, which could turn the camera on or start recording sound, thus becoming like a bugging device out of a 007 flick.

What can you do? Unfortunately there is nothing that you can do about it right now except ask Apple and AT&T to hurry up and address the problem. In the end, because of the large number of iPhones and smartphones out there in the wild, there will be an increasing number of threats to your information. The only thing we can tell you is to protect your device. Stay up-to-date on potential threats and be sure to provide the proper armor to your iphones and other mobile devices.

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