iPhone Owners, Be Wary of Fake Text Messages

Apple is telling its customers to be wary of text messages sent via SMS.

The warning comes after a prominent hacker, pod2g, claimed to find a flaw in iOS that lets hackers change what phone number the text appears to be coming from, potentially leading users to trust senders they shouldn't. According to pod2g, the flaw has existed since the beginning of SMS implementation on the iPhone, and is still found in iOS 6, the next generation of Apples iPhone software.

Pod2g warns on his blog to never trust any SMS you received on your iPhone at first sight, and details some of the reasons the flaw is an issue, including someone sending a text that appears to come from their bank a…
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