Experts: iPhone security level is insufficient to use it as a corporate device

Apple praises the protection of the iPhone and especially the latest firmware version, thanks to which it began to approach the role of a corporate device even more, which is great for both small businesses and large enterprises. Meanwhile, experts claim that the iPhone is unsafe just like any other device.

So, for example, according to CNews.ru , Jonathan of Znijans, a computer security specialist, a developer, writer and teacher of data restoration courses, recently stated that protection in the iPhone OS 3.0 can be hacked in a matter of minutes.

With the help of publicly accessible free means that can be found on the Internet, he was able to access encrypted files stored in the iPhone memory in 2 minutes and get a decoded image of the entire memory of the device in 45 minutes.

In order to do this, you need to download and install hacker applications on the iPhone, which subsequently put applications on the smartphone without certificates. Then, a SSH client is installed in the device’s memory, which copies the image of the iPhone memory on the computer. At the same time, the smartphone will automatically perform file decryption as soon as the extraction process is launched.

"Of course, from a technical point of view of Apple there is nothing to blame for - the iPhone really has protection. However, it is completely useless." According to him, this happened as a result of incompetence of those people who designed this protection.

“I believe that neither I nor any other qualified developer has yet encountered the protection of such a primitive level,” the expert reports Wired. "Files can be seen as if they were not encrypted at all."

According to Zdziarsky, the function of remote erasing of personal data, which can be used by Apple MobileMe, is also useless. “Any robber will immediately leave the SIM card, and you will no longer be able to take this opportunity,” he says, adding that BlackBerry has a much more effective solution in this regard - the data is erased after a certain time after the last appeal of the device to the network.

The expert mentions other interesting points related to the security of the gadget. For example, when the user presses the “home” button, a temporary copy of information from the screen is created in the device’s memory. The same thing happens when a zoom function is used. The symbols hired on the virtual keyboard are also stored in a temporary file, and in some cases access can be obtained even after a year.

Kaspersky laboratory specialists also believe that so far the iphone security level is insufficient to use it as a means of access to corporate resources. “The use of iPhone corporate users is about the same as using the standard OS Windows configuration in offices without installing additional protection tools,” Denis Maslennikov, the head of the LC mobile threat group, also has built -in protecting means, but, unfortunately, attackers very quickly find new slurry and methods for their bypass or bypassing them or bypassing them or bypassing them or bypassing or bypassing them Disconnects.

Russian experts, however, are advised not to rush with conclusions. The fact that a computer security specialist managed to make a hack so easily does not cause bewilderment - he and the expert, but not the fact that a simple user will cope with this.