Hacker: Apple iPad Simply Not a Safe Platform
According to Auernheimer, Goatse Security released an overflow exploit for Safari back in March . Apple patched the vulnerability for the desktop, but not for the iPad: "This bug we crafted allows the viewer of a Web page to become a proxy (behind corporate and government firewalls!) for spamming, exploit payloads, password bruteforce attacks, and other undesirables. The kicker is that this attack cannot be detected by any current IDS/IPS system. We released this in March, mind you, and Apple still hasn't got around to patching this on the iPad!" Auernheimer wrote.
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