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US security consultant, Rick Farrow, has used H D Moore's security testing tool, Metasploit, to crack the iPhone, which allows a hacker to do anything the iPhone user can, but remotely.
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Security standards for mobile computing and telephony have recently improved, analyst group Gartner claimed on Monday. But while service providers have strengthened the security of mobile Internet and email connections, customers are going to have to pay extra for it.
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