Apple has responded to the discovery of a flaw in the iPhone's operating system, which lets users manipulate outgoing text messages and claim they've been sent from any phone number they desire. Apple's solution? Use iMessage.
Security researcher pod2g revealed the flaw on its blog. The site says that the flaw has existed since the iPhone's debut, "and is still there in iOS 6 beta 4." The writer urges Apple to fix the issue before the final release of iOS 6.
By: Mark Brown, Edited by: Olivia Solon
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/20/apple-on-sms-spoofing
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