Security Researcher Demoes Bug To Execute Unsigned Code on iOS Devices

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http://www.macstories.net/news/secur...n-ios-devices/

Security researcher Charlie Miller, former NSA analyst now working for consultancy firm Accuvant, plans to publicly demonstrate a new security hole that could allow regular App Store apps to download and execute unsigned code on any iOS device. As Forbes reports, Miller, who isn’t new to the Mac and iOS hacking and security scene, plans to detail his discoveries at the SysCan conference in Taiwan next week.

Full details of the security hole aren’t available — Miller is apparently saving the presentation for next week to give Apple time to fix the issue, and the company is indeed already working on an iOS 5.0.1 update — but Miller had a “stealth app” approved by Apple in the App Store to record a video of the hidden “functionality”.

Miller was the one who found a way to hack Macbook batteries a while back-plus he's a great interviewee, very quirky sense of humor about the whole thing.