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iPhone 2.0 security risk?

by Kirk Hiner on Jul 11, 2008 at 09:38 AM

iPhone 2.0 security risk
Well, we’re not even a couple hours into it, and already we’ve received a tip about a potential security risk with the new iPhone 2.0 firmware. The update enables the Exchange features on the iPhone. Without seeking any approval from the company at which he works, our informant was able to hook the iPhone up to the corporate network’s Exchange service.

This could be great for the employee, but it’s definitely not a good thing for the company to have people bringing unauthorized devices onto the Exchange service. Whether this proves to be a legit risk that Apple will have to address or is something that can be easily averted on the IT end, I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.

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Comments
  • David M from vermont said:

    Well I am still not in…..all morning getting the iTunes store is busy message and even still. I have attempted getting in through the web page and through itunes but error message continues. Uggggh.

  • ♕ ßÍĢ✠ÐÅÐÐÝ™ said:

    Not true at all.  To use the Exchange plugin, OMA, or Outlook Mobile must be configured, and enabled on the Exchange server, and then again at the user account level.  While AD by default enables use of mobile devices in Exchange, its a simple change to nix that.

    If a company is so unsecure that they are using Exchange out of the box and not disabling unneeded features such as this, then the iPhone is the least of their issues.

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